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. Jose Ortega y Gasset creationcreatureefficacy Change image and share on social
Life is an operation which is done in a forward direction. One lives toward the future, because to live consists inexorably in doing, in each individual life making itself. Jose Ortega y Gasset consistdirectionforward Change image and share on social
A revolution only lasts fifteen years, a period which coincides with the effectiveness of a generation. Jose Ortega y Gasset coincideeffectivenessfifteen Change image and share on social
The good is, like nature, an immense landscape in which man advances through centuries of exploration. Jose Ortega y Gasset advancecenturyexploration Change image and share on social
Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt. Jose Ortega y Gasset beginefforthurt Change image and share on social
Excellence means when a man or woman asks of himself more than others do. Jose Ortega y Gasset askexcellenceman Change image and share on social
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. Jose Ortega y Gasset appeareuropefascism share on social
Poetry is adolescence fermented, and thus preserved. Jose Ortega y Gasset adolescencefermentpoetry Change image and share on social
Abasement, degradation is simply the manner of life of the man who has refused to be what it is his duty to be. Jose Ortega y Gasset abasementdegradationduty Change image and share on social
Barbarism is the absence of standards to which appeal can be made. Jose Ortega y Gasset absenceappealbarbarism Change image and share on social