Francisco Ayala Quote

Incompetence is all the more harmful the greater the power of the incompetent.

Nothing should disturb the equanimity of the soul; even our passion, even our outbursts should be measured and weighed.

Francisco Ayala

The greed is the most selfless of passions, as it demands self-denial, sometimes of heroic magnitude.

Francisco Ayala

The homeland of the writer is their language.

Francisco Ayala
Art

Real intellectual exercise does not consist of following trends, but of facing the difficulties of one's own time.

Francisco Ayala