José Ortega y Gasset Quotes

Man has to live with the body and soul which have fallen to him by chance.

Nine-tenths of that which is attributed to sexuality is the work of our magnificent ability to imagine, which is no longer an instinct, but exactly the opposite: a creation.

To live means to have ... a mission to fulfill-and in the measure in which we avoid setting our life to something we make it empty.

All life is the struggle the effort to be itself.

Life is a petty thing unless it is moved by the indomitable urge to extend its boundaries.

Since love is the most delicate and total act of a soul, it will reflect the state and nature of the soul. The characteristics of the person in love must be attributed to love itself.