Mark Twain
View AuthorThere is nothing sadder than a young pessimist, except an old optimist.
Francisco Umbral
View AuthorDesires are had, not asked for. What is asked for is the object of desire.
Francisco Umbral
View AuthorFate, chance, and the gods do not usually send great envoys on white horses, nor in the czar's mail. Fate, in all its forms, always uses humble messengers.
Francisco Umbral
View AuthorLife is not noble, nor good, nor sacred, and I find nothing to respect or venerate in heaven or on earth... but thanks to this son born and lost, there will always be for me, in the purest of light, a sacred being, a creature of gold.
Miguel de Unamuno
View AuthorLet's strive more to be parents of our future than children of our past.
Miguel de Unamuno
View AuthorOne must feel the thought and think the feeling.
Miguel de Unamuno
View AuthorHe knows everything, absolutely everything. Imagine how silly he must be.
Miguel de Unamuno
View AuthorThere are people so full of common sense that they have no room left for their own sense.
Miguel de Unamuno
View AuthorThere are people who are so full of common sense that they have no room left for their own sense.
Miguel de Unamuno
View AuthorProgress consists of renewing oneself.
Miguel de Unamuno
View AuthorLife is not a dream. The most vigorous spiritual touch is the need for persistence in one form or another. The longing to extend in time and space.
Miguel de Unamuno
View AuthorThe less thought, the more tyrannical and absorbing thought.