Books are “imaginative rehearsals for living,” stated novelist George Santayana. They are also a great equalizer in a diverse society. Book reading helps prepare a child for mental liberation from ignorance, fear, and falsehood.

— George Santayana Misattributed

More quotes by George Santayana

The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress (1905)

Soliloquies in England and Later Soliloquies (1922)

The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress (1905)

The Genteel Tradition in American Philosophy (1911)

The Sense of Beauty (1896)

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