George Santayana Quotes

It is so much easier to rest contented with what we have already acquired than to change ever so slightly those routine but profound habits of thought and feeling which govern our life, and by which we live so blissfully. This mental inertia is, perhaps, our greatest enemy. Insidiously it leads us to assume that we can renew our lives without renewing our habits.

In success there's a tendency to keep on doing what you were doing.

I think anybody incapable of changing his mind is crazy.

Sometimes, we are so attached to our way of life that we turn down wonderful opportunities simply because don't know what to do with it.

A mind set in its ways is wasted. Don't do it.

The mental flexibility of the wise man permits him to keep an open mind and enables him to readjust himself whenever it becomes necessary for a change.

As you get older, you get stuck in your ways; just as you become stiffer physically, you also become stiffer mentally and more narrow-minded unless you make a conscious effort to keep yourself flexible.

When we are constantly recreating our basic patterns of behavior and thought, we never have to leap into fresh air or onto fresh grass. Instead, we wrap ourselves in our own dark environment, where our only companion is the smell of our own sweat. In the cocoon, there is no dance, no walking or breathing. It is comfortable and sleepy, an intense and very familiar home.

The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind.

If I learned anything from Betty coming into my life, it's to just be open to all the things that come along.

Whatever comes my way I'm basically interested in.

I think if you live in a black-and-white world, you're gonna suffer a lot. I used to be like that. But I don't believe that anymore.

I guess I just tend to feel at home wherever I go.

I guess I could take things from every place that I've been and find something familiar and wonderful about it that makes me feel like I'm at home.

The surest thing about me is that I will change my mind.

I'm someone who is open-minded to new experiences because they teach you new things.

You're only as young as the last time you changed your mind.

As I grow older, I have had to discard some ideas and policies because they no longer make sense. This strikes me as entirely healthy. I would invite others to do the same.

I learnt to always keep my mind open to new ideas and looked at each new assignment as an opportunity to learn and prove myself.

As I evolve, my interests change, always. But, what is consistent is that I always look for something new to play.

I was someone who believed that every day should be different from the last.

I would say that being open to new things is kind of vital in this line of work, if not all lines of work, and being prepared to embrace the challenge of the new thing is something I want in my life until the day it's over.

As we get older, people close down. We get less adaptive, less flexible - literally. Curiosity can diminish, and you want safety. You want what you know.

I always learn a lot when I do so. You know, when you step out of your comfort zone and even your cynical zone, and open yourself up to what other people might experience and why they do so.

I find I get fixed in my ways if I don't change. I think I take too many things for granted.