We have need of history in its entirety, not to fall back into it, but to see if we can escape from it.

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.

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...

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 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...

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.

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...

To live is to feel oneself lost.

To live is to feel oneself lost.

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

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

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.

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

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

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...

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...

An 'unemployed' existence is a worse negation of life than death itself.

An 'unemployed' existence is a worse negation of life than death itself.

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...

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.

Stupefaction, when it persists, becomes stupidity.

Stupefaction, when it persists, becomes stupidity.

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...

Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt.

Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt.

An idea is a putting truth in check-mate.

An idea is a putting truth in check-mate.

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,...