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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Poetry is adolescence fermented, and thus preserved.

Poetry is adolescence fermented, and thus preserved.

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.

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...

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

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

An idea is a putting truth in check-mate.

An idea is a putting truth in check-mate.

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...

Biography - a system in which the contradictions of a human life are unified.

Biography - a system in which the contradictions of a human life are unified.

Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt.

Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt.

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...

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 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...

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.

Love is that splendid triggering of human vitality the supreme activity which nature affords anyone...

Love is that splendid triggering of human vitality the supreme activity which nature affords anyone...

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,...

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...

Revolution is not the uprising against preexisting order, but the setting up of a new...

Revolution is not the uprising against preexisting order, but the setting up of a new...

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable.

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable.

All civilization has from time to time become a thin crust over a volcano of...

All civilization has from time to time become a thin crust over a volcano of...