"The difficulties which I meet with in order to realize my existence are precisely what awaken and mobilize my activities, my capacities."

Jose Ortega y Gasset, Spanish Philosopher

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"The difficulties which I meet with in order to realize my existence are precisely what awaken and mobilize my activities, my capacities."

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