José Ortega y Gasset
View AuthorLove, which they depict as blind, is actually perceptive and insightful because the lover sees things that the indifferent person does not see, and that's why they love.
José Ortega y Gasset
View AuthorWe are not shot into existence like a rifle bullet with a completely determined trajectory. It is false to say that what determines us are the circumstances. On the contrary, the circumstances are the dilemma in front of which we have to make a decision. But it is our character that decides.
José Ortega y Gasset
View AuthorThe majority of men have an intellectual capacity that is far superior to the exercise they make of it.
José Ortega y Gasset
View AuthorAuthentic love is always found made. In this love, one being becomes permanently and completely attached to another being. It is the love that begins with love.
José Ortega y Gasset
View AuthorAs long as there is someone who believes in an idea, the idea lives.
José Ortega y Gasset
View AuthorThe world is the sum total of our life possibilities.
José Ortega y Gasset
View AuthorWhoever does not truly feel lost is inexorably lost; that is to say, they never find themselves, they never come face to face with their own reality.
George Orwell
View AuthorI believe that at fifty, everyone has the face they deserve.
George Orwell
View AuthorThe characteristic of current life is not insecurity and cruelty, but restlessness and poverty.
George Orwell
View AuthorThe fastest way to end a war is to lose it.
George Orwell
View AuthorIn an age of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
George Orwell
View AuthorUntil they are conscious of their own strength, they will not rebel, and only after rebelling will they become aware. This is the problem.