Spanish - Philosopher | May 9, 1883 - October 18, 1955
Love is that splendid triggering of human vitality the supreme activity which nature affords anyone for going out of himself toward someone else.
Jose Ortega y Gasset
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Better beware of notions like genius and inspiration; they are a sort of magic wand and should be used sparingly by anybody who wants to see things clearly.
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A revolution only lasts fifteen years, a period which coincides with the effectiveness of a generation.
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We distinguish the excellent man from the common man by saying that the former is the one who makes great demands on himself, and the latter who makes no demands on himself.
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We live at a time when man believes himself fabulously capable of creation, but he does not know what to create.
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Under the species of Syndicalism and Fascism there appears for the first time in Europe a type of man who does not want to give reasons or to be right, but simply shows himself resolved to impose his opinions.
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There may be as much nobility in being last as in being first, because the two positions are equally necessary in the world, the one to complement the other.
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The difficulties which I meet with in order to realize my existence are precisely what awaken and mobilize my activities, my capacities.
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An idea is a putting truth in check-mate.
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Youth does not require reasons for living, it only needs pretexts.
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Abasement, degradation is simply the manner of life of the man who has refused to be what it is his duty to be.
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The essence of man is, discontent, divine discontent; a sort of love without a beloved, the ache we feel in a member we no longer have.
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