Everything that exalts and expands consciousness is good, while that which depresses and diminishes it is evil. Miguel de Unamuno More Quotes by Miguel de Unamuno More Quotes From Miguel de Unamuno Yes, yes, I see it all! — an enormous social activity, a mighty civilization, a profuseness of science, of art, of industry, of morality, and afterwords, when we have filled the world with industrial marvels, with great factories, with roads, museums and libraries, we shall fall exhausted at the foot of it all, and it will subsist — for whom? Was man made for science or was science made for man? Miguel de Unamuno men art fall It is truer to say that martyrs create faith more than faith creates martyrs. Miguel de Unamuno martyred martyr faith The tears of anguish irritate and excite; but those of repentance are the ones that wash. Miguel de Unamuno anguish repentance tears The will, the will not ever to die, the refusal to resign oneself to death, ceaselessly builds the house of life while the keen blasts and icy winds of reason unceasingly batter at the structure and beat it down. Miguel de Unamuno icy house wind Man is perishing. That may be, and if it is nothingness that awaits us let us so act that it will be an unjust fate. Miguel de Unamuno unjust fate men And usually [the philosopher] philosophizes either in order to resign himself to life, or to seek some finality in it, or to distract himself and forget his griefs, or for pastime and amusement. Miguel de Unamuno amusement grief order The truth is that reason is the enemy of life. Miguel de Unamuno truth-is reason enemy A man does not die of love or his liver or even of old age; he dies of being a man. Miguel de Unamuno birthday love death Fear is the start of wisdom. Miguel de Unamuno There are pretenses which are very sincere, and marriage is their school. Miguel de Unamuno pretense sincere school My religion is to seek for truth in life and for life in truth, even knowing that I shall not find them while I live. Miguel de Unamuno atheism knowing religion While men believe themselves to be seeking truth for its own sake, they are in fact seeking life in truth. Miguel de Unamuno truth men believe The mists remain of the false glory that erupts from history. Miguel de Unamuno mist glory history Sow the living part of yourselves in the furrow of life. Miguel de Unamuno seeds cutting Science teaches us, in effect, to submit our reason to the truth and to know and judge of things as they are-that is to say, as they themselves choose to be and not as we would have them to be. Miguel de Unamuno enquiry judging science Is there anything more terrible than a "call"? It affords an occasion for the exchange of the most threadbare commonplaces. Calls and the theatre are the two great centers for the propagation of platitudes. Miguel de Unamuno theatre conversation two What is certain is that for thinking believers to-day, faith is, before all and above all, wishing that God may exist. Miguel de Unamuno faith wish may Martyrs create faith, faith does not create martyrs. Miguel de Unamuno martyr god doe Use harms and even destroys beauty. The noblest function of an object is to be contemplated. Miguel de Unamuno function harm use We never know, believe me, when we have succeeded best. Miguel de Unamuno believe-in-me success believe
