The characteristic of the hour is that the commonplace mind, knowing itself to be commonplace, has the assurance to proclaim the rights of the commonplace and to impose them wherever it will.

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.

An idea is a putting truth in check-mate.

An idea is a putting truth in check-mate.

Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt.

Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt.

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...

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,...

We cannot put off living until we are ready.

We cannot put off living until we are ready.

I am I plus my circumstances.

I am I plus my circumstances.

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 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...

Rancor is an outpouring of a feeling of inferiority.

Rancor is an outpouring of a feeling of inferiority.

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...

We distinguish the excellent man from the common man by saying that the former is...

We distinguish the excellent man from the common man by saying that the former is...

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.

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...

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...

We live at a time when man believes himself fabulously capable of creation, but he...

We live at a time when man believes himself fabulously capable of creation, but he...

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...

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...

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

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