Miguel De Unamuno, (1864-1936), Spanish Philosophical Writer Quotes
Hope in action is charity, and beauty in action is goodness.
Martyrs create faith, faith does not create martyrs.
It is sad not to be loved, but it is much sadder not to be able to love.
It is not the shilling I give you that counts, but the warmth that it carries with it from my hand.
Use harms and even destroys beauty. The noblest function of an object is to be contemplated.
Fear is the start of wisdom.
When a thing is said to be not
worth refuting you may be sure
that either it is flagrantly stupid --
in which case all comment is
superfluous -- or it is something formidable,
the very crux of the problem.
Science says: "We must live," and seeks the means of prolonging, increasing, facilitating and amplifying life, of making it tolerable and acceptable; wisdom says: "We must die," and seeks how to make us die well.
Feast of All Souls
If you ask me how
I believe in God, how God creates Himself in me, and reveals Himself to
me, my answer may perhaps provoke your smiles or laughter, and even scandalize
you. I believe in God as I believe in my friends, because I feel the breath
of His affection, feel His invisible and intangible hand drawing me, leading
me, grasping me.
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.