Author: Miguel de Unamuno

Quotes

A man does not die of love or his liver or even of old age; he dies of being a man.

A man does not die of love or his liver or even of old age; he dies of being a man.

- Miguel de Unamuno

We need God, not in order to understand the why, but in order to feel and sustain the ultimate wherefore, to give a meaning to the universe.

We need God, not in order to understand the why, but in order to feel and sustain the ultimate wherefore, to give a meaning to the universe.

- Miguel de Unamuno

Life is doubt, and faith without doubt is nothing but death.

Life is doubt, and faith without doubt is nothing but death.

- Miguel de Unamuno

It is sad not to love, but it is much sadder not to be able to love.

It is sad not to love, but it is much sadder not to be able to love.

- Miguel de Unamuno

Suffering is the substance of life and the root of personality, for it is only suffering that makes us persons.

Suffering is the substance of life and the root of personality, for it is only suffering that makes us persons.

- Miguel de Unamuno

Love is the child of illusion and the parent of disillusion.

Love is the child of illusion and the parent of disillusion.

- Miguel de Unamuno

True science teaches, above all, to doubt and to be ignorant.

True science teaches, above all, to doubt and to be ignorant.

- Miguel de Unamuno

If it is nothingness that awaits us, let us make an injustice of it; let us fight against destiny, even though without hope of victory.

If it is nothingness that awaits us, let us make an injustice of it; let us fight against destiny, even though without hope of victory.

- Miguel de Unamuno

It is truer to say that martyrs create faith more than faith creates martyrs.

It is truer to say that martyrs create faith more than faith creates martyrs.

- Miguel de Unamuno

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