A lot of good arguments are spoiled by some fool who knows what he is talking about.
Miguel De UnamunoRead
If it is nothingness that awaits us, let us make an injustice of it, let us fight against destiny, even without hope of victory.
Interpretation
The quote encourages fighting against fate even when faced with despair.
Miguel De Unamuno's quote speaks to the human spirit's resistance against the inevitabilities of life. It highlights the importance of courage in confronting our fate and the notion that even in the face of nothingness or hopelessness, our struggle gives meaning and significance to our existence. By advocating for the fight against destiny, Unamuno emphasizes that the act of resisting and standing up for what we believe in is valuable, regardless of the outcome.
In practice
In a motivational speech about resilience against adversity.
A lot of good arguments are spoiled by some fool who knows what he is talking about.
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Only he who attempts the absurd is capable of achieving the impossible.
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Spiritual Love is born of sorrow. . . . For men love one another with spiritual love only when they have suffered the same sorrow together, when through long days they have ploughed the stony ground buried beneath the common yoke of a common grief. It is then that they know one another and feel one another and feel with one another in their common anguish, and so they pity one another and love one another.
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One of the things that's beautiful about New Orleans is how culturally rich we are and how well we have worked together. People call us a gumbo. It's really important that we get focused on the very simple notion that diversity is a strength, it's not a weakness.
Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to the eyes of men. Silently and imperceptibly, as we wake or sleep, we grow strong or weak; and at last some crisis shows what we have become.
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