Civilization is nothing else but the attempt to reduce force to being the last resort. Jose Ortega Y Gasset
Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt. Jose Ortega Y Gasset
Law is born from despair of human nature. Jose Ortega Y Gasset
Liberalism is the supreme form of generosity; it is the right which the majority concedes to minorities and hence it is the noblest cry that has ever resounded on this planet. Jose Ortega Y Gasset
Excellence means when a man or woman asks of himself more than others do. Jose Ortega Y Gasset
There may be as much nobility in being last as in being first, because the two positions are equally necessary in the world, the one to complement the other. Jose Ortega Y Gasset
An unemployed existence is a worse negation of life than death itself. Jose Ortega Y Gasset
The essence of man is, discontent, divine discontent; a sort of love without a beloved, the ache we feel in a member we no longer have. Jose Ortega Y Gasset
Hatred is a feeling which leads to the extinction of values. Jose Ortega Y Gasset