Jose Ortega y Gasset

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"Our firmest convictions are apt to be the most suspect, they mark our limitations and our bounds. Life is a petty thing unless it is moved by the indomitable urge to extend its boundaries."	Ability, Life
"To be surprised, to wonder, is to begin to understand."	Miscellaneous
"Life is a series of collisions with the future; it is not the sum of what we have been, but what we yearn to be."	Life, Time
"The world is the sum-total of our vital possibilities."	Miscellaneous
"We cannot put off living until we are ready. The most salient characteristic of life is its coerciveness: it is always urgent, 'here and now,' without any possible postponement. Life is fired at us point-blank."	Character, Lies, Life
"The metaphor is perhaps one of man's most fruitful potentialities. Its efficacy verges on magic, and it seems a tool for creation which God forgot inside one of His creatures when He made him."	Men
"The most radical division that it is possible to make of humanity is that which splits it into two classes of creatures: Those who make great demands on themselves, piling up difficulties and duties; and those who demand nothing special of themselves, bu"	Adversity, Difficulty, Duty
"Excellence means when a man or woman asks of himself more than others do."	Excellence, Greatness, Men

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