José Ortega y Gasset
View AuthorA good portion of men have no inner life other than that of their words, and their feelings are reduced to an oral existence.
José Ortega y Gasset
View AuthorThere is no love without sexual instinct. Love harnesses this instinct as a brutal force, like a brig uses the wind.
José Ortega y Gasset
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José Ortega y Gasset
View AuthorDesire dies automatically when achieved: it fades when satisfied. Love, on the other hand, is eternally unsatisfied.
José Ortega y Gasset
View AuthorTo be surprised, to be puzzled, is to begin to understand.
José Ortega y Gasset
View AuthorI am I and my circumstance
José Ortega y Gasset
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José Ortega y Gasset
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José Ortega y Gasset
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José Ortega y Gasset
View AuthorFalling in love is to feel enchanted by something, and something can only enchant if it is or seems to be perfection.
José Ortega y Gasset
View AuthorThe men most capable of thinking about love are those who have experienced it the least; and those who have experienced it are often incapable of meditating on it.
José Ortega y Gasset
View AuthorCivilization does not last because men are only interested in its results: anesthetics, automobiles, radio. But nothing that civilization provides is the natural fruit of an endemic tree. Everything is the result of an effort. A civilization only endures if many contribute their collaboration to the effort. If everyone prefers to enjoy the fruit, civilization sinks.