George Santayana Quotes

The just man walks in his integrity

A good man with a good conscience doesn't walk so fast.

Be virtuous and you will be vicious.

There is no real excellence in all of this world which can be separated from right living.

It is almost impossible to imagine that any one could be so insensible to the high morality of Mr. Mill's character as to suggest to him any course of conduct that was not entirely upright and consistent.

True virtue is life under the direction of reason.

Honest men are the soft easy cushions on which knaves repose and fatten.

Nothing in our times has become so unattractive as virtue.

Unfortunately, goodness and honor are rather the exception than the rule among exceptional men, not to speak of geniuses.

Seeking the good is not primarily about rules and commandments.

God's most lordly gift to man is decency of mind.

The best men of the best epochs are simply those who make the fewest blunders and commit the fewest sins.

My dad's era believed that there was something noble in being a good guy - the kind of guy that lived straight and narrow, told the truth, and stood up for what he believed was right.

The trite saying that honesty is the best policy has met with the just criticism that honesty is not policy. The real honest man is honest from conviction of what is right, not from policy.

I love the idea of rectitude.

I am careful about my conduct because I know this cause requires clean men.

To me, integrity means always doing what is right and good, regardless of the immediate consequences. It means being righteous from the very depth of our soul, not only in our actions but, more importantly, in our thoughts and in our hearts.

It is abhorrent to me when a fine intelligence is paired with an unsavory character.

Character must be kept bright as well as clean.

RIGHTEOUSNESS, n. A sturdy virtue that was once found among the Pantidoodles inhabiting the lower part of the peninsula of Oque. Some feeble attempts were made by returned missionaries to introduce it into several European countries . .

Integrity means always doing what is right and good, regardless of the immediate consequences.

Do not have as friends harmful people, the wise person does not associate with the worst of people. Have as friends virtuous people, the wise person associates with the best of people.

Nothing deters a good man from doing what is honourable.

To be a saint is the exception; to be a just person is the rule. Err, stumble, commit sin, but be one of the just.