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

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

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.

To live is to feel oneself lost.

To live is to feel oneself lost.

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 cannot put off living until we are ready.

We cannot put off living until we are ready.

Barbarism is the absence of standards to which appeal can be made.

Barbarism is the absence of standards to which appeal can be made.

Stupefaction, when it persists, becomes stupidity.

Stupefaction, when it persists, becomes stupidity.

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.

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

Our firmest convictions are apt to be the most suspect, they mark our limitations and...

Our firmest convictions are apt to be the most suspect, they mark our limitations and...

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,...

The art of creation is older than the art of killing.

The art of creation is older than the art of killing.

Sometimes you've got to let everything go - purge yourself. If you are unhappy with...

Sometimes you've got to let everything go - purge yourself. If you are unhappy with...

To achieve lasting literature, fictional or factual, a writer needs perceptive vision, absorptive capacity, and...

To achieve lasting literature, fictional or factual, a writer needs perceptive vision, absorptive capacity, and...

He's a serial entrepreneur. Somebody stop him before he makes a killing again.

He's a serial entrepreneur. Somebody stop him before he makes a killing again.