Miguel de Unamuno

"The great tragedy is that few men understand what it means to be free."

"Creativity is the great salvific force of our existence."

"We become more human when we help others become human."

"The most profound philosophical truths are found in paradox."

"Money is not evil; the love of money is the root of all evils."

"Health is the state of being whole and complete."

"Adventure is worthwhile."

"The imagination is the flower of the mind."

"Technology is the servant of man, not his master."

"Every disease is an exile from the body."

"The mark of a great man is his power to let others be."

"To be patient is to be powerful."

"The highest morality is the struggle to live."

"A nation without a vision is a nation without a future."

"Literature is the most human of all the arts."

"Music is the language of the soul."

"The universe is not hostile, nor yet is it friendly. It is simply indifferent."

"Progress is the activity of the present, regret is the activity of the past."

"To be alive is to struggle; to struggle is to be alive."

"The weak seek comfort; the strong seek challenge."

"Memory is the most dangerous of all the faculties."

"Every man is an island, yet no man is an island."

"The greatest works are not built on certainty but on faith."

"Forgetting is a form of freedom."

"In the silence of the heart, truth is revealed."

"The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak and therein lies the struggle."

"To understand a man, one must love him."

"The greatest gift is the gift of self."

"The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible."

"Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does."