Miguel de Unamuno

Philosopher Writer Spanish 1864 – 1936

Spanish philosopher and writer known for existential themes.

380 quotes

"Dreams are the windows of the soul."
Dreams
"The heart knows truths that the mind cannot comprehend."
Wisdom
"Inspiration strikes those who are prepared."
Inspiration
"Philosophy begins with wonder."
Philosophy
"The path to enlightenment is through self-knowledge."
Knowledge
"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence is an act of rebellion."
Freedom
"Those who believe they believe in God, but without passion in the heart, without anguish of mind, without uncertainty, without doubt, and even at times without despair, believe only in the idea of God, and not in God himself."
Faith
"Man dies, and his ashes turn to dust; so after the ashes return to dust, why shouldn't the dust rise again to form a human being?"
Death
"The great tragedy of life is not death but rather to live in obscurity without leaving a mark upon the world."
"Consciousness is a disease of the mind, a sickness that forces man to see his own limitations."
Philosophy
"To love is to wish immortality upon another being, and in that wish lies all human longing."
Love
"The true problem is not whether machines think, but whether humans do."
Technology
"We must believe in free will, for if we believe in determinism, we are not free to believe anything."
Wisdom
"Every human being is born to seek truth, and truth is found not in reason alone but in the struggle of the soul."
Truth
"Despair is the price of progress; those who have never despaired have never truly lived."
Courage
"The greatest wealth is to have nothing, for then you are free from the burden of possessions."
Money
"Teaching is the noblest profession, for it shapes the very soul of civilization."
Education
"A writer without readers is like a voice crying in the wilderness; yet the wilderness itself may hear."
Literature
"Music is the language of the divine, speaking to us in ways that words cannot touch."
Music
"Time does not heal all wounds; rather, we learn to carry them with grace."
Time
"The paradox of human existence is that we must live as though life has meaning while suspecting it may not."
Philosophy
"Love without risk is not love at all, but merely a pleasant arrangement of convenience."
Love
"In solitude, the soul discovers what society conceals from it."
Solitude
"The purpose of art is not to beautify the world but to awaken the conscience."
Art
"Patience is not the virtue of the weak but the strength of those who see beyond the moment."
Patience
"History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it alone tells us truly about the past."
History
"Science can measure the body but never the spirit; thus its dominion is incomplete."
Science
"The pursuit of happiness is the surest path away from it; seek meaning instead."
Happiness
"Kindness is the only currency that gains value the more you spend it."
Kindness
"To dream is to assert that the impossible may become possible through will and effort."
Dreams