Social Quotes by Miguel de Unamuno

The pessimism that protests and defends itself cannot be truly said to be pessimism.

— Miguel de Unamuno

We should try to be the parents of our future rather than the offspring of our past.

— Miguel de Unamuno

We never know, believe me, when we have succeeded best.

— Miguel de Unamuno

A lot of good arguments are spoiled by some fool who knows what he is talking about.

— Miguel de Unamuno

Philosophy fulfills the need to create for ourselves a single and complete concept of the world and of life.

— Miguel de Unamuno

None are so likely to believe too little as those who have begun by believing too much.

— Miguel de Unamuno

The devil is an angel too.

— Miguel de Unamuno

My work...is to shatter the faith of men here, there, and everywhere, faith in affirmation, faith in negation, and faith in abstention from faith,…

— Miguel de Unamuno

“I must not throw away my village to win my soul.”

— Miguel de Unamuno

Everything that exalts and expands consciousness is good, while that which depresses and diminishes it is evil.

— Miguel de Unamuno

Was man made for science, or was science made for man?

— Miguel de Unamuno

We need God, not in order to understand the why, but in order to feel and sustain the ultimate wherefore, to give a meaning…

— Miguel de Unamuno