A lot of good arguments are spoiled by some fool who knows what he is talking about.
Miguel De UnamunoRead
Suffering is the substance of life and the root of personality, for it is only suffering that makes us persons.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Suffering is essential to our identity and character.
This quote by Miguel De Unamuno suggests that suffering is a fundamental aspect of human existence that shapes who we are. It implies that through enduring pain and hardship, we develop our personalities and become authentic individuals, as these experiences contribute significantly to our growth and self-understanding.
Themes
SufferingLifePersonalityGrowthIdentity
In practice
Example use cases
In a motivational speech about resilience, one could say, 'As Miguel De Unamuno reminds us, suffering is the substance of life; it is through our struggles that we truly find ourselves.'
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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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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.
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