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

Quote by Jose Ortega Y Gasset

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Tell me to what you pay attention and I will tell you who you are.

Tell me to what you pay attention and I will tell you who you are.

An idea is a putting truth in check-mate.

An idea is a putting truth in check-mate.

To be surprised, to wonder, is to begin to understand.

To be surprised, to wonder, is to begin to understand.

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,...

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.

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 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...

An idea is a putting truth in check-mate.

An idea is a putting truth in check-mate.

I am I plus my circumstances.

I am I plus my circumstances.

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 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...

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...

Poetry is adolescence fermented, and thus preserved.

Poetry is adolescence fermented, and thus preserved.

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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.