Love is that splendid triggering of human vitality the supreme activity which nature affords anyone for going out of himself toward someone else. - Jose Ortega y Gasset. View more images...

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. - Jose Ortega y Gasset. View more images...

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. - Jose Ortega y Gasset. View more images...

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. - Jose Ortega y Gasset. View more images...

Better beware of notions like genius and inspiration; they are a sort of magic wand and should be used sparingly by anybody who wants to see things clearly. - Jose Ortega y Gasset. View more images...

Abasement, degradation is simply the manner of life of the man who has refused to be what it is his duty to be. - Jose Ortega y Gasset. View more images...