Excellence means when a man or woman asks of himself more than others do.

—José Ortega y Gasset

About José Ortega y Gasset

Portrait of José Ortega y Gasset

José Ortega y Gasset ( or-TAY-gə; Spanish: [xoˈse oɾˈteɣa j ɣaˈset]; 9 May 1883 – 18 October 1955) was a Spanish philosopher and essayist. He worked during the first half of the 20th century while Spain oscillated between monarchy, republicanism and dictatorship. His philosophy has been characterized as a "philosophy...

More quotations from José Ortega y Gasset

We distinguish the excellent man from the common man by saying that the former is the one who makes great demands upon himself, and the latter who makes no demands on himself.

—José Ortega y Gasset

Love is that splendid triggering of human vitality… the supreme activity which nature affords anyone for going out of himself toward someone else.

—José Ortega y Gasset

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.

—José Ortega y Gasset

We cannot put off living until we are ready.

—José Ortega y Gasset

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I am I plus my surroundings, and if I do not preserve the latter, I do not preserve myself.

—José Ortega y Gasset

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