Love is that splendid triggering of human vitality the supreme activity which nature affords anyone for going out of himself toward someone else. Jose Ortega y Gasset activityaffordhuman Change image and share on social
An 'unemployed' existence is a worse negation of life than death itself. Jose Ortega y Gasset badlydeathexistence Change image and share on social
We distinguish the excellent man from the common man by saying that the former is the one who makes great demands on himself, and the latter who makes no demands on himself. Jose Ortega y Gasset commondemanddistinguish Change image and share on social
The poet begins where the man ends. The man's lot is to live his human life, the poet's to invent what is nonexistent. Jose Ortega y Gasset beginendhuman Change image and share on social
There may be as much nobility in being last as in being first, because the two positions are equally necessary in the world, the one to complement the other. Jose Ortega y Gasset complementequallynobility Change image and share on social
We live at a time when man believes himself fabulously capable of creation, but he does not know what to create. Jose Ortega y Gasset believecapablecreate Change image and share on social
To be surprised, to wonder, is to begin to understand. Jose Ortega y Gasset beginsurpriseunderstand Change image and share on social
We do not live to think, but, on the contrary, we think in order that we may succeed in surviving. Jose Ortega y Gasset contraryliveorder Change image and share on social
Living is a constant process of deciding what we are going to do. Jose Ortega y Gasset constantdecidelive Change image and share on social
In order to master the unruly torrent of life the learned man meditates, the poet quivers, and the political hero erects the fortress of his will. Jose Ortega y Gasset erectfortresshero Change image and share on social