The good is, like nature, an immense landscape in which man advances through centuries of exploration.

Quote by Jose Ortega Y Gasset

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

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

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...

In order to master the unruly torrent of life the learned man meditates, the poet...

In order to master the unruly torrent of life the learned man meditates, the poet...

Rancor is an outpouring of a feeling of inferiority.

Rancor is an outpouring of a feeling of inferiority.

Poetry is adolescence fermented, and thus preserved.

Poetry is adolescence fermented, and thus preserved.

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...

An idea is a putting truth in check-mate.

An idea is a putting truth in check-mate.

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,...

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.

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...

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...

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 cannot put off living until we are ready.

We cannot put off living until we are ready.

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...

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.

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...

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...

Under the species of Syndicalism and Fascism there appears for the first time in Europe...

Under the species of Syndicalism and Fascism there appears for the first time in Europe...

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 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...