Miguel de Unamuno

"Oblivion is the only true eternity."

"To believe in God is to yearn for His existence and, furthermore, it is to act as if He existed."

"Science is organized knowledge; wisdom is organized life."

"The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity."

"We should teach people to think, not what to think."

"Immortality is perhaps the central obsession of the Western spirit."

"Love is the only true revolution."

"The tragic sense of life is what distinguishes us as human beings."

"Every man dies. Not every man truly lives."

"To live is to suffer; to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering."

"The struggle itself becomes the point, not the destination."

"Art is the expression of the conviction that life is worth living."

"History is the great teacher of philosophy and politics."

"A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots."

"The more civilized a person, the more miserable he becomes."

"Truth is not always beautiful, nor beauty always true."

"Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition."

"Our greatest fear is not that we might be inadequate, but that we are powerful beyond measure."

"Real knowledge consists in knowing things, not words."

"The greatest tragedy of life is not death, but the unlived life."

"Patience is the virtue of the strong."

"We are dying from civility; we need passion and truth."

"The man who believes in nothing but himself is the poorest of all men."

"Intelligence without compassion creates tyranny."

"The search for truth is more valuable than the possession of it."

"Consciousness is a disease."

"The only true wisdom is in admitting your ignorance."

"To fall in love is to create a religion whose god is fallible."

"Each person contains within themselves an entire world of thoughts and feelings."

"The greatest violence is committed by those who believe they are righteous."