Famous quotes

Collection of the best phrases and famous quotes from the most prominent authors.

Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore

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The man in his essence should not be a slave, neither of himself nor of others, but a lover. His ultimate purpose lies in love.

Gonzalo Torrente Ballester

Gonzalo Torrente Ballester

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I cannot wish for the good ones to win, as I do not know who they are.

Mark Twain

Mark Twain

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A banker is a gentleman who lends us an umbrella when it's sunny and demands it back when it starts to rain.

Mark Twain

Mark Twain

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You pick up a dog that is starving, you feed it and it won't bite you. That is the most notable difference between a dog and a man.

Miguel de Unamuno

Miguel de Unamuno

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

Miguel de Unamuno

Miguel de Unamuno

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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.

Miguel de Unamuno

Miguel de Unamuno

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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.

Miguel de Unamuno

Miguel de Unamuno

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

Miguel de Unamuno

Miguel de Unamuno

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

Miguel de Unamuno

Miguel de Unamuno

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

Miguel de Unamuno

Miguel de Unamuno

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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.