Quote by Miguel de Unamuno, The Tragic Se

There is no true love save in suffering, and in this world we have to choose either love, which is suffering, or happiness. . . . Man is the more man -- that is, the more divine -- the greater his capacity for suffering, or rather, for anguish.

There is no true love save in suffering, and in this world w

Summary

This quote suggests that true love is closely intertwined with suffering. It proposes that in this world, we are presented with a choice between experiencing love, which entails suffering, or pursuing happiness. The quote further asserts that humanity's true essence and divinity are reflected in our ability to endure suffering or anguish.

By Miguel de Unamuno, The Tragic Se

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

You will soon find that I am a bit obsessive about my work.

You will soon find that I am a bit obsessive about my work. And that is a little sad, one often feels strangely restricted, not finding time to simmer, although one actually has many interests.

Sad

Success is 99 percent failure.

Success is 99 percent failure.

Failure

Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven

Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven't courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.

Courage

Now I'm fighting cancer, everybody knows that. People ask me

Now I'm fighting cancer, everybody knows that. People ask me all the time about how you go through your life and how's your day, and nothing is changed for me.

Time

I've used the prestige and influence of having been a presid

I've used the prestige and influence of having been a president of the United States as effectively as possible. And secondly, I've still been able to carry out my commitments to peace and human rights and environmental quality and freedom and democracy and so forth.

Try to treat with equal love all the people with whom you ha

Try to treat with equal love all the people with whom you have relations. Thus the abyss between 'myself' and 'yourself' will be filled in, which is the goal of all religious worship.

Sri Anandamayi Ma

Religion

Life is a little gleam of time between two eternity s.

Life is a little gleam of time between two eternity s.

Life

When there's that forgiveness present and compassion, it jus

When there's that forgiveness present and compassion, it just helps you live so much easier.

Craig T. Nelson

Forgiveness

I do not take steroids. I never have. It's sad to me that pe

I do not take steroids. I never have. It's sad to me that people want to point fingers. I don't do that. That's not me. I wouldn't feel like a human being.

Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Sad

The ideals which have always shone before me and filled me w

The ideals which have always shone before me and filled me with the joy of living are goodness, beauty, and truth. To make a goal of comfort or happiness has never appealed to me; a system of ethics built on this basis would be sufficient only for a herd of cattle.

Albert Einstein

Truth Beauty Philosophy Goodness Ideals

Whether you come from a council estate or a country estate,

Whether you come from a council estate or a country estate, your success will be determined by your own confidence and fortitude.

Success

Freedom is a muscle... you have to exercise it.

Freedom is a muscle... you have to exercise it.

Freedom