Miguel de Unamuno
Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo (29 September 1864 - 31 December 1936) was a Spanish essayist, novelist, poet, playwright and philosopher.
Found 43 thoughts of Miguel de Unamuno
What we don't hope for we can't believe, nor can we believe in what we don't hope for.
Miguel de Unamuno
Faith is not about believing in things you have seen, but believing in what you have not seen.
Miguel de Unamuno
Freedom is a common good, and as long as everyone doesn't participate, those who think they're free won't be.
Miguel de Unamuno
Being skeptical is not about being doubtful, but about carefully investigating the cause.
Miguel de Unamuno
I talk about myself a lot, because I'm the man that I have close at hand.
Miguel de Unamuno
Only he who knows is free, and even more free is the one knows more...Only culture yeilds freedom...don't profess the freedom to fly, but give wings instead; not that of thinking, but of thoughts. The freedom we must give to the people is that of culture.
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Compared to affective values reasons are worth nothing, because reasons are nothing but reasons, it's to say that, they aren't even truths.
Miguel de Unamuno
What is reason? Reason is something that we are all in agreement with. Truth is something else. Reason is social; the truth, individual.
Miguel de Unamuno
Let this be said once and for all: it's not about avoiding pain, because pain is inevitable; it's about choosing the consequences of pain.
Miguel de Unamuno
Since when should the author of a book be the one who understands it best?
Miguel de Unamuno
Language is useful for conserving our thoughts. We speak when we don't want to think.
Miguel de Unamuno
Wait, only he who waits lives. But he fears the day in which his hopes become just a memory.
Miguel de Unamuno
In order to hit the nail on the head you need to hit a horseshoe a hundred times.
Miguel de Unamuno
One of the advantages of not being happy is that you can wish for happiness.
Miguel de Unamuno
