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

Quote by Jose Ortega Y Gasset

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Law is born from despair of human nature.

Law is born from despair of human nature.

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...

Better beware of notions like genius and inspiration; they are a sort of magic wand...

Better beware of notions like genius and inspiration; they are a sort of magic wand...

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.

I am I plus my circumstances.

I am I plus my circumstances.

The essence of man is, discontent, divine discontent; a sort of love without a beloved,...

The essence of man is, discontent, divine discontent; a sort of love without a beloved,...

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...

We cannot put off living until we are ready.

We cannot put off living until we are ready.

Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt.

Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt.

Life is an operation which is done in a forward direction. One lives toward the...

Life is an operation which is done in a forward direction. One lives toward the...

The good is, like nature, an immense landscape in which man advances through centuries of...

The good is, like nature, an immense landscape in which man advances through centuries of...

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...

Being an artist means ceasing to take seriously that very serious person we are when...

Being an artist means ceasing to take seriously that very serious person we are when...

An 'unemployed' existence is a worse negation of life than death itself.

An 'unemployed' existence is a worse negation of life than death itself.

We live at a time when man believes himself fabulously capable of creation, but he...

We live at a time when man believes himself fabulously capable of creation, but he...

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,...

Nothing exists until or unless it is observed. An artist is making something exist by...

Nothing exists until or unless it is observed. An artist is making something exist by...

To create a little flower is the labour of ages.

To create a little flower is the labour of ages.

Necessity is the mother of invention, it is true, but its father is creativity, and...

Necessity is the mother of invention, it is true, but its father is creativity, and...

He's a serial entrepreneur. Somebody stop him before he makes a killing again.

He's a serial entrepreneur. Somebody stop him before he makes a killing again.