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

Quote by Jose Ortega Y Gasset

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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...

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.

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...

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,...

We cannot put off living until we are ready.

We cannot put off living until we are ready.

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 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,...

The poet begins where the man ends. The man's lot is to live his human...

The poet begins where the man ends. The man's lot is to live his human...

Stupefaction, when it persists, becomes stupidity.

Stupefaction, when it persists, becomes stupidity.

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...

We distinguish the excellent man from the common man by saying that the former is...

We distinguish the excellent man from the common man by saying that the former is...

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...

I am I plus my circumstances.

I am I plus my circumstances.

To live is to feel oneself lost

To live is to feel oneself lost

We do not live to think, but, on the contrary, we think in order that...

We do not live to think, but, on the contrary, we think in order that...

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...

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.

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...

When I reached Vaucouleurs, I easily recognized Robert de Baudricourt, although I had never seen...

When I reached Vaucouleurs, I easily recognized Robert de Baudricourt, although I had never seen...

Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions

Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions

I made up my mind long ago that life was too short to do anything...

I made up my mind long ago that life was too short to do anything...