Jose Ortega y Gasset Quotes

We need society, and we need solitude also, as we need summer and winter, day and night, exercise and rest.

Listen, the obvious thing to remember is without dark, there is no light, and without light, there is no dark.

Men and women are like right and left hands; it doesn't make sense not to use both.

The negative is just as important as the positive.

You must be worthy of the best, but not more worthy than the rest.

He who takes his rank lightly raises his own dignity.

Treat your inferiors as you would be treated by your betters.

Languages proclaim that woman is half of man, and by parity of reasoning, man is half of woman.

The truth is that good and bad coexist; sour and sweet coexist. They aren't really opposed to each other.

Here lies a she sun, and a he moon there; She gives the best light to his sphere; Or each is both, and all, and so They unto one another nothing owe; And yet they do, but are So just and rich in that coin which they pay, That neither would, nor needs forbear, nor stay; Neither desires to be spared nor to spare. They quickly pay their debt, and then Take no acquittances, but pay again; They pay, they give, they lend, and so let fall No such occasion to be liberal. More truth, more courage in these two do shine, Than all thy turtles have and sparrows, Valentine.

My platform might be a little bigger than someone else's, but everyone has a purpose.

I've realised darkness and light are inter-dependent, just as death is an enhancer of life.

Every player is different, but I try to treat everyone the same. On a day-to-day basis, I come across other footballers and club staff, and I try to treat all the same, from the security guard to Lionel Messi.

The tenets of my cultural teachings are rooted in our commitment to lift up every community member so that no one is left behind. Work and food were shared equally. Through our commitment to community, we care about children, even when they aren't ours, and we want our old folks, and yours, to live their last days in dignity and comfort.

To be honest, prestige is probably the last thing I focus on.

Everybody is important. Everybody has something to give.

I think there's a yin and a yang to everything.

If you take the yin-yang, it has a piece of the other inside itself. You can't be too much of one thing and be balanced.

Just because you're selling out shows doesn't mean you deserve better treatment than the person next door.

Nobody who is somebody looks down on anybody.

Under heaven all can see beauty as beauty only because there is ugliness. All can know good as good only because there is evil. Therefore having and not having arise together. Difficult and easy complement each other. Long and short contrast each other. High and low rest upon each other. Voice and sound harmonize each other. Front and back follow one another.

Here, fire turns into water; Here, the dancing of the rain declares the sun. There's no opposition in existence, no contradiction; Everything supports everything else.

You and your opponent are one. There is a coexisting relationship between you. You coexist with your opponent and become his complement, absorbing his attack and using his force to overcome him.

A woman is only half of something there are usually two sides to.

Without the existence of the opposite, the concept has no meaning.