José Ortega y Gasset Quotes

While the tiger cannot cease to be a tiger, it cannot de-tiger itself, man lives in permanent risk of dehumanizing.

The villain rests sometimes; the fool never.

The greatest crime is now, not in those who kill, but in those who do not kill but let others kill.

Science consists of replacing the knowledge that seemed certain with a theory, that is, with something problematic.

For the writer, there is a matter of intellectual honor in not writing anything subject to proof without first possessing it.

A historian is a prophet in reverse.

What perfection is this that pleases and does not subjugate, that admires and does not drag?

It is harmful that we get used to recognizing as examples of healthy beauty some classical works, which may be objectively very valuable, but do not cause delight.

The future is the one that must prevail over the past, and from it we receive the command for our conduct in the face of what was.

Our most deeply rooted, most indubitable convictions are the most suspicious. They constitute our limit, our boundaries, our prison.

The most valuable thing in man is his capacity for dissatisfaction.

Technique is the effort to save effort.