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Jose Ortega y Gasset Quotes

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.
Jose Ortega y Gasset

Excellence means when a man or woman asks of himself more than others do.
Jose Ortega y Gasset

I am I plus my circumstances.
Jose Ortega y Gasset

Law is born from despair of human nature.
Jose Ortega y Gasset

Life is a series of collisions with the future; it is not the sum of what we have been, but what we yearn to be.
Jose Ortega y Gasset

Living is a constant process of deciding what we are going to do.
Jose Ortega y Gasset

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

Our firmest convictions are apt to be the most suspect, they markour limitations and our bounds. Life is a pretty thing unless itis moved by the indomitable urge to extend its boundaries.
Jose Ortega y Gasset

The metaphor is perhaps one of man's most fruitful potentialities. Its efficacy verges on magic, and it seems a tool for creation which God forgot inside one of His creatures when He made him.
Jose Ortega y Gasset

To be surprised, to wonder, is to begin to understand.
Jose Ortega y Gasset

We cannot put off living until we are ready.
Jose Ortega y Gasset

Type:
Philosopher
Date of Birth:
0000-00-00
Year of Death:

Nationality:
Spanish