Jose Ortega Y Gasset Quote: I am I plus my surroundings and if I do not preserve the lat…

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

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Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt.

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

Civilization is nothing more than the effort to reduce the use of force to the last resort.

To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.

That which is not good for the bee-hive cannot be good for the bees.