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And thus the soul pities God and feels itself pitied by him; loves Him and feels loved by Him, sheltering its misery in the bosom of the eternal and infinite misery, which, in eternalizing itself and infinitizing itself, is the supreme happiness itself.

— Miguel de Unamuno

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It is sad not to be loved, but it is much sadder not to be able to love.

Our life is a hope which is continually converting itself into memory and memory in its turn begets hope.

Isolation is the worst possible counselor.

Only those who doubt really believe, and those who do not doubt are neither tempted against their faith nor do they truly believe.

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There is no tyranny in the world more hateful than that of ideas.

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