Men play at tragedy because they do not believe in the reality of the tragedy which is actually being staged in the civilised world
Jose Ortega y GassetWe need to study the whole of history, not to fall back into it, but to see if we can escape from it.
Jose Ortega y GassetOne age cannot be completely understood if all the others are not understood. The song of history can only be sung as a whole.
Jose Ortega y GassetThe characteristic of the hour is that the commonplace mind, knowing itself to be commonplace, has the assurance to proclaim the rights of the commonplace and to impose them wherever it will.
Jose Ortega y Gasset