George Santayana

"To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring."

- George Santayana, philosopher, poet, author

George Santayana

"Sanity is a madness put to good use."

- George Santayana, philosopher, poet, author

George Santayana

"There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval."

- George Santayana, philosopher, poet, author

George Santayana

"Music is essentially useless, as life is: but both have an ideal extension which lends utility to its conditions."

- George Santayana, philosopher, poet and author

George Santayana

"Fanaticism consists in redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim."

- George Santayana, philosopher, poet, author

George Santayana

"An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world."

- George Santayana, philosopher, poet, author

George Santayana

"A child educated only at school is an uneducated child."

- George Santayana, philosopher, poet, author