And the secret of human life, the universal secret, the root secret from which all other secrets spring, is the longing for more life, the furious an… - Miguel de Unamuno

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And the secret of human life, the universal secret, the root secret from which all other secrets spring, is the longing for more life, the furious and insatiable desire to be everything else without ever ceasing to be ourselves, to take possession of the entire universe without letting the universe take possession of us and absorb us; it is the desire to be someone else without ceasing to be myself, and continue being myself at the same time I am someone else...

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About Miguel de Unamuno

Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo (29 September 1864 – 31 December 1936) was a Spanish essayist, novelist, poet, playwright and philosopher.

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Pen Names: Exóristo
Native Name: Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo
Alternative Names: Miguel Unamuno
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To say that everything is idea or that everything is spirit, is the same as saying that everything is matter or that everything is energy, for if everything is idea or spirit, just as my consciousness is, it is not plain why the diamond should not endure for ever, if my consciousness, because it is idea or spirit, endures forever.

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¡Qué ganas tengo de dormir, dormir, dormir sin fin, dormir por toda una eternidad y sin soñar!, ¡olvidando el sueño! Cuando me entierren, que sea en una caja hecha con aquellas seis tablas que tallé del viejo nogal, ¡pobrecito!, a cuya sombra jugué de niño, cuando empezaba a soñar… ¡Y entonces sí que creía en la vida perdurable! Es decir, me figuro ahora que creía entonces. Para un niño creer no es más que soñar.

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