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

Quote by Jose Ortega Y Gasset

Topics: Attention Quotes, Individuality Quotes, Integrity Quotes, Intention Quotes

Poetry is adolescence fermented, and thus preserved.

Poetry is adolescence fermented, and thus preserved.

I am I plus my circumstances.

I am I plus my circumstances.

We cannot put off living until we are ready.

We cannot put off living until we are ready.

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...

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...

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.

Stupefaction, when it persists, becomes stupidity.

Stupefaction, when it persists, becomes stupidity.

An idea is a putting truth in check-mate.

An idea is a putting truth in check-mate.

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

Youth does not require reasons for living, it only needs pretexts.

Youth does not require reasons for living, it only needs pretexts.

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

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

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,...

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.

The excellence is in the details.

The excellence is in the details.

To do excellence with consistency in work, the heart needs no clearance from the mind...

To do excellence with consistency in work, the heart needs no clearance from the mind...

The secret of joy in work is contained in one word-excellence. To know how to...

The secret of joy in work is contained in one word-excellence. To know how to...