Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo was an essayist, novelist, poet, playwright and philosopher from Spain.
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“Those who believe that they believe in God, but without passion in their hearts, without anguish in mind, without uncertainty, without doubt, without an element of despair even in their consolation, believe only in the God idea, not God Himself”
Miguel de Unamuno
“It is important to our friends to believe that we are unreservedly frank with them, and important to friendship that we are not.”
“Suffering is the substance of life and the root of personality, for it is only suffering that makes us persons.”
“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”
“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.”
“It is sad not to be loved but it is much sadder not to be able to love”
“A lot of good arguments are spoiled by some fool who knows what he is talking about.”
“Life is doubt, And faith without doubt is nothing but death”
“If a person never contradicts himself, it must be that he says nothing.”
“Your neighbor's vision is as true for him as your own vision is true for you.”