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.

Quote by Jose Ortega Y Gasset

Topics: Genius Quotes, Inspiration Quotes

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.

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

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

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...

We have need of history in its entirety, not to fall back into it, but...

We have need of history in its entirety, not to fall back into it, but...

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...

We cannot put off living until we are ready.

We cannot put off living until we are ready.

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.

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 characteristic of the hour is that the commonplace mind, knowing itself to be commonplace,...

The characteristic of the hour is that the commonplace mind, knowing itself to be commonplace,...

The difficulties which I meet with in order to realize my existence are precisely what...

The difficulties which I meet with in order to realize my existence are precisely what...

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...

To live is to feel oneself lost

To live is to feel oneself lost

Barbarism is the absence of standards to which appeal can be made.

Barbarism is the absence of standards to which appeal can be made.

To live is to feel oneself lost.

To live is to feel oneself lost.

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,...

Stupefaction, when it persists, becomes stupidity.

Stupefaction, when it persists, becomes stupidity.

To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm...

To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm...

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...

Rancor is an outpouring of a feeling of inferiority.

Rancor is an outpouring of a feeling of inferiority.

I am I plus my circumstances.

I am I plus my circumstances.