Author: Miguel de Unamuno

Quotes

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

Science is a cemetery of dead ideas.

Science is a cemetery of dead ideas.

- Miguel de Unamuno

Faith which does not doubt is dead faith.

Faith which does not doubt is dead faith.

- Miguel de Unamuno

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

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

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

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

A lot of good arguments are spoiled by some fool who knows what he is talking about.

A lot of good arguments are spoiled by some fool who knows what he is talking about.

- Miguel de Unamuno

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