To live is to feel oneself lost

Quote by Jose Ortega Y Gasset

Topics: Living Quotes

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 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 cannot put off living until we are ready.

We cannot put off living until we are ready.

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...

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.

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,...

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...

Law is born from despair of human nature.

Law is born from despair of human nature.

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...

Stupefaction, when it persists, becomes stupidity.

Stupefaction, when it persists, becomes stupidity.

Poetry is adolescence fermented, and thus preserved.

Poetry is adolescence fermented, and thus preserved.

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...

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.

An idea is a putting truth in check-mate.

An idea is a putting truth in check-mate.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...