Our firmest convictions are apt to be the most suspect, they mark our limitations and our bounds. Life is a pretty thing unless it is moved by the indomitable urge to extend its boundaries.

Quote by Jose Ortega Y Gasset

Topics: Conviction Quotes, Life Quotes

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...

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...

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

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

To live is to feel oneself lost.

To live is to feel oneself lost.

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,...

To live is to feel oneself lost

To live is to feel oneself lost

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.

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...

Stupefaction, when it persists, becomes stupidity.

Stupefaction, when it persists, becomes stupidity.

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...

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...

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...

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...

An idea is a putting truth in check-mate.

An idea is a putting truth in check-mate.

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...

Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt.

Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt.

An idea is a putting truth in check-mate.

An idea is a putting truth in check-mate.

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...

We live under one sky -- and the sweep of a past painted from the...

We live under one sky -- and the sweep of a past painted from the...

History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies

History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies