Jos� Ortega y Gasset
Spain
9 May 1883 // 18 Oct 1955
Philosopher
9 May 1883 // 18 Oct 1955
Philosopher
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Excellence means when a man or woman asks of himself more than others do
Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt
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
Being an artist means ceasing to take seriously that very serious person we are when we are not an artist
An �unemployed� existence is a worse negation of life than death itself
A revolution only lasts fifteen years, a period which coincides with the effectiveness of a generation
Civilization is nothing more than the effort to reduce the use of force to the last resort
To be surprised, to wonder, is to begin to understand
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
Essays
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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