Miguel de Unamuno Quotes

Only he who knows is free, and the more one knows, the freer one is. Do not proclaim the freedom to fly, but give wings.

Languages, like religions, thrive on heresies.

You will conquer, but you will not convince. You will conquer because you have more than enough brute force; but you will not convince, because to convince means to persuade. And to persuade, you need something that you lack: reason and right in the struggle.

Kisses that come laughing, later depart crying, and in them goes life, which will never return.

Rationalize faith? I wanted to become its owner and not its slave, and in doing so, I ended up in slavery instead of attaining freedom in Christ.

Act in a way that you deserve, in your own judgment and in the judgment of others, eternity, become irreplaceable, and do not deserve to die.

I want to live and die in the army of the humble, joining my prayers to theirs, with the holy freedom of the obedient.

A people can only be convinced of what they want to be convinced of.

Fascism is cured by reading, and racism is cured by traveling.

Each new friend we make in the race of life perfects and enriches us even more through what it reveals about ourselves, rather than what it gives us.

Don't give someone what they ask for, but rather what you understand they need; and then endure the ingratitude.

Never despair, even in the darkest afflictions, for from black clouds falls clean and fecundating water.