Under the species of Syndicalism and Fascism there appears for the first time in Europe a type of man who does not want to give reasons or to be right, but simply shows himself resolved to impose his opinions.

Quote by Jose Ortega Y Gasset

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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...

The characteristic of the hour is that the commonplace mind, knowing itself to be commonplace,...

The characteristic of the hour is that the commonplace mind, knowing itself to be commonplace,...

We cannot put off living until we are ready.

We cannot put off living until we are ready.

Youth does not require reasons for living, it only needs pretexts.

Youth does not require reasons for living, it only needs pretexts.

I am I plus my circumstances.

I am I plus my circumstances.

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,...

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 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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

To live is to feel oneself lost

To live is to feel oneself lost

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,...

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 live is to feel oneself lost.

To live is to feel oneself lost.

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...

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.

It is the characteristic excellence of the strong man that he can bring momentous issues...

It is the characteristic excellence of the strong man that he can bring momentous issues...

If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second,...

If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second,...