The metaphor is perhaps one of man's most fruitful potentialities. Its efficacy verges on magic, and it seems a tool for creation which God forgot inside one of His creatures when He made him.

Quote by Jose Ortega Y Gasset

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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...

I am I plus my circumstances.

I am I plus my circumstances.

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,...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

An idea is a putting truth in check-mate.

An idea is a putting truth in check-mate.

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...

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 cannot put off living until we are ready.

We cannot put off living until we are ready.

Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt.

Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt.

Law is born from despair of human nature.

Law is born from despair of human nature.

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...

He who defines duty for himself is his own master.

He who defines duty for himself is his own master.

When law and duty are one, united by religion, you never become fully conscious, fully...

When law and duty are one, united by religion, you never become fully conscious, fully...

Wii Sports: All the frustration of real sports with out the physical exercise.

Wii Sports: All the frustration of real sports with out the physical exercise.