Jose Ortega y Gasset

Law is born from despair of human nature.

Under the species of Syndicalism and Fascism there appears for the first time in Europe a type of man who does not want to give reasons or to be right, but simply shows himself resolved to impose his opinions.

A revolution only lasts fifteen years, a period which coincides with the effectiveness of a generation.

We live at a time when man believes himself fabulously capable of creation, but he does not know what to create.

Better beware of notions like genius and inspiration; they are a sort of magic wand and should be used sparingly by anybody who wants to see things clearly.