Jos� Ortega y Gasset
Spain
9 May 1883 // 18 Oct 1955
Philosopher
9 May 1883 // 18 Oct 1955
Philosopher
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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
Tell me to what you pay attention and I will tell you who you are
Stupefaction, when it persists, becomes stupidity
Our firmest convictions are apt to be the most suspect, they mark our limitations and our bounds. Life is a pretty thing unless it is moved by the indomitable urge to extend its boundaries
Love is that splendid triggering of human vitality the supreme activity which nature affords anyone for going out of himself toward someone else
Living is a constant process of deciding what we are going to do
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
Law is born from despair of human nature
In order to master the unruly torrent of life the learned man meditates, the poet quivers, and the political hero erects the fortress of his will
I am I plus my circumstances
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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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Essays