“A child educated only at school is an uneducated child.”

— George Santayana, "Why I Am Not a Marxist," Modern Monthly (April 1935)

About George Santayana

1863 – 1952

Spanish-American philosopher and poet, author of "The Life of Reason".

“It takes patience to appreciate domestic bliss; volatile spirits prefer unhappiness.”

“Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of fact.”

“That life is worth living is the most necessary of assumptions and, were it not assumed, the most impossible of conclusions.”

“The end then of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents.”

“I am here to speak for the right of education for every child.”

“My father says that education is neither Eastern or Western.”

“I don't think there is such a thing as a bad book for children.”

“Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments.”

“For the things we have to learn before we can do, we learn by doing.”