Quote#Nature
No doubt the spirit or energy of the world is what is acting in us,…
Quote byGeorge Santayana · 1863–1952
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Winds of Doctrine: Studies in Contemporary Opinion (1913), p. 199.
English (original)
No doubt the spirit or energy of the world is what is acting in us, as the sea is what rises in every little wave; but it passes through us, and cry out as we may, it will move on. Our privilege is to have perceived it as it moves.
— George Santayana
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