Civilization is nothing else but the attempt to reduce force to being the last resort.
Jose Ortega y GassetThe cynic, a parasite of civilization, lives by denying it, for the very reason that he is convinced that it will not fail.
Jose Ortega y GassetLove is that splendid triggering of human vitality the supreme activity which nature affords anyone for going out of himself toward someone else.
Jose Ortega y Gasset