More quotes by George Santayana

"love make us poets, and the approach of death should make us philosophers."
"An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world."
"To be happy you must have taken the measure of your powers, tasted the fruits of your passion, and learned your place in the world."
"Many possessions, if they do not make a man better, are at least expected to make his children happier; and this pathetic hope is behind many exertions."
"The earth has music for those who listen."