Miguel de Unamuno
Spain
29 Sep 1864 // 31 Dec 1936
Essayist / Philosopher / Writer
29 Sep 1864 // 31 Dec 1936
Essayist / Philosopher / Writer
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Science is a cemetery of dead ideas, even though life may issue from them
Only in solitude do we find ourselves; and in finding ourselves, we find in ourselves all our brothers in solitude
Man dies of cold, not of darkness
Love is the child of illusion and the parent of disillusion
Life is doubt, and faith without doubt is nothing but death
If a person never contradicts himself, it must be that he says nothing
Human beliefs, like all other natural growths, elude the barrier of systems
Cure yourself of the affliction of caring how you appear to others. Concern yourself only with how you appear before God, concern yourself only with the idea that God may have of you
Art distills sensations and embodies it with enhanced meaning
Anyone who in discussion relies upon authority uses, not his understanding, but rather his memory
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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