Facts about Miguel de Unamuno

Occup.Educator
FromSpain
BornSeptember 29, 1864
DiedDecember 31, 1936
Aged72 years

Summary

Miguel de Unamuno was a famous Educator from Spain, who lived between September 29, 1864 and December 31, 1936. He/she became 72 years old.

Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac libra, who is known for Balance, Justice, Truth, Beauty, Perfection. Our collection contains 30 quotes who is written / told by Miguel, under the main topics: Death - Faith.

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30 Famous quotes by Miguel de Unamuno

Small: What we believe to be the motives of our conduct are usually but the pretexts for it
"What we believe to be the motives of our conduct are usually but the pretexts for it"
Small: 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"
Small: We need God, not in order to understand the why, but in order to feel and sustain the ultimate wherefor
"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"
Small: True science teaches, above all, to doubt and to be ignorant
"True science teaches, above all, to doubt and to be ignorant"
Small: The skeptic does not mean him who doubts, but him who investigates or researches, as opposed to him who
"The skeptic does not mean him who doubts, but him who investigates or researches, as opposed to him who asserts and thinks that he has found"
Small: Life is doubt, and faith without doubt is nothing but death
"Life is doubt, and faith without doubt is nothing but death"
Small: Cure yourself of the affliction of caring how you appear to others. Concern yourself only with how you
"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"
Small: That which the Fascists hate above all else, is intelligence
"That which the Fascists hate above all else, is intelligence"
Small: Human beliefs, like all other natural growths, elude the barrier of systems
"Human beliefs, like all other natural growths, elude the barrier of systems"
Small: Man dies of cold, not of darkness
"Man dies of cold, not of darkness"
Small: 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"
Small: 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"
Small: We never know, believe me, when we have succeeded best
"We never know, believe me, when we have succeeded best"
Small: Some people will believe anything if you whisper it to them
"Some people will believe anything if you whisper it to them"
Small: Faith which does not doubt is dead faith
"Faith which does not doubt is dead faith"
Small: To love with the spirit is to pity, and he who pities most loves most
"To love with the spirit is to pity, and he who pities most loves most"
Small: Science is a cemetery of dead ideas
"Science is a cemetery of dead ideas"
Small: If a person never contradicts himself, it must be that he says nothing
"If a person never contradicts himself, it must be that he says nothing"
Small: Suffering is the substance of life and the root of personality, for it is only suffering that makes us
"Suffering is the substance of life and the root of personality, for it is only suffering that makes us persons"
Small: If it is nothingness that awaits us, let us make an injustice of it let us fight against destiny, even
"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"
Small: Consciousness is a disease
"Consciousness is a disease"
Small: Art distills sensations and embodies it with enhanced meaning
"Art distills sensations and embodies it with enhanced meaning"
Small: Love is the child of illusion and the parent of disillusion
"Love is the child of illusion and the parent of disillusion"
Small: To fall into a habit is to begin to cease to be
"To fall into a habit is to begin to cease to be"
Small: There is no true love save in suffering, and in this world we have to choose either love, which is suff
"There is no true love save in suffering, and in this world we have to choose either love, which is suffering, or happiness. Man is the more man - that is, the more divine - the greater his capacity for suffering, or rather, for anguish"
Small: The greatest height of heroism to which an individual, like a people, can attain is to know how to face
"The greatest height of heroism to which an individual, like a people, can attain is to know how to face ridicule"
Small: Only in solitude do we find ourselves and in finding ourselves, we find in ourselves all our brothers i
"Only in solitude do we find ourselves; and in finding ourselves, we find in ourselves all our brothers in solitude"
Small: 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"
Small: Anyone who in discussion relies upon authority uses, not his understanding, but rather his memory
"Anyone who in discussion relies upon authority uses, not his understanding, but rather his memory"
Small: The only way to give finality to the world is to give it consciousness
"The only way to give finality to the world is to give it consciousness"