Order is not pressure which is imposed on society from without, but an equilibrium which is set up from within.

—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...

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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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So divinely is the world organized that every one of us, in our place and time, is in balance with everything else.

—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

What I dream of is an art of balance.

—Henri Matisse

We can be sure that the greatest hope for maintaining equilibrium in the face of any situation rests within ourselves.

—Francis J. Braceland

The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life, acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. If you can do that, and live that way, you are really a wise man.

Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

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