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Jose Ortega y Gasset Quotes

Better beware of notions like genius and inspiration; they are a sort of magic wand and should be used sparingly by anybody who wants to see things clearly.
Jose Ortega y Gasset

Biography

Author Profession: Philosopher
Nationality: Spanish
Born: May 9, 1883
Died: October 18, 1955

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To be surprised, to wonder, is to begin to understand.
Jose Ortega y Gasset

We cannot put off living until we are ready.
Jose Ortega y Gasset

Tell me to what you pay attention and I will tell you who you are.
Jose Ortega y Gasset

Life is a series of collisions with the future; it is not the sum of what we have been, but what we yearn to be.
Jose Ortega y Gasset

Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt.
Jose Ortega y Gasset

Living is a constant process of deciding what we are going to do.
Jose Ortega y Gasset

Love is that splendid triggering of human vitality the supreme activity which nature affords anyone for going out of himself toward someone else.
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