Life is an operation which is done in a forward direction. One lives toward the future, because to live consists inexorably in doing, in each individual life making itself.

Quote by Jose Ortega Y Gasset

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Youth does not require reasons for living, it only needs pretexts.

Youth does not require reasons for living, it only needs pretexts.

There is but one way left to save a classic; to give up revering him...

There is but one way left to save a classic; to give up revering him...

Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt.

Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt.

We cannot put off living until we are ready.

We cannot put off living until we are ready.

Living is a constant process of deciding what we are going to do.

Living is a constant process of deciding what we are going to do.

The metaphor is perhaps one of man's most fruitful potentialities. Its efficacy verges on magic,...

The metaphor is perhaps one of man's most fruitful potentialities. Its efficacy verges on magic,...

Hatred is a feeling which leads to the extinction of values.

Hatred is a feeling which leads to the extinction of values.

The metaphor is perhaps one of man's most fruitful potentialities. Its efficacy verges on magic,...

The metaphor is perhaps one of man's most fruitful potentialities. Its efficacy verges on magic,...

Under the species of Syndicalism and Fascism there appears for the first time in Europe...

Under the species of Syndicalism and Fascism there appears for the first time in Europe...

Our firmest convictions are apt to be the most suspect, they mark our limitations and...

Our firmest convictions are apt to be the most suspect, they mark our limitations and...

Poetry is adolescence fermented, and thus preserved.

Poetry is adolescence fermented, and thus preserved.

A revolution only lasts fifteen years, a period which coincides with the effectiveness of a...

A revolution only lasts fifteen years, a period which coincides with the effectiveness of a...

The metaphor is perhaps one of man's most fruitful potentialities. Its efficacy verges on magic,...

The metaphor is perhaps one of man's most fruitful potentialities. Its efficacy verges on magic,...

For the person for whom small things do not exist, the great is not great.

For the person for whom small things do not exist, the great is not great.

Abasement, degradation is simply the manner of life of the man who has refused to...

Abasement, degradation is simply the manner of life of the man who has refused to...

Life is a series of collisions with the future; it is not the sum of...

Life is a series of collisions with the future; it is not the sum of...

To live is to feel oneself lost.

To live is to feel oneself lost.

An idea is a putting truth in check-mate.

An idea is a putting truth in check-mate.

Excellence means when a man or woman asks of himself more than others do.

Excellence means when a man or woman asks of himself more than others do.

There may be as much nobility in being last as in being first, because the...

There may be as much nobility in being last as in being first, because the...