"Suffering is the substance of life and the root of personality, for it is only suffering that makes us persons."

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Source : Miguel de Unamuno (2012). “Tragic Sense Of Life”, p.288, tredition

Miguel de Unamuno

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“A decision is made with the brain. A commitment is made with the heart. Therefore, a commitment is much deeper and more binding than a decision”
“I'm proud to be a woman. I'm proud to be a black woman, and I'm proud to be gay.”

Source : "Side Benefit of Prop 8’s Passage: Celebrities Busting Out of Closet" by Party Ben, www.motherjones.com. November 16, 2008.
“Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.”
“Watergate is not the sort of issue that changes the vote. I don't know anyone who has changed their vote because of it.”
“It is a life of FAITH, not of intellect and reason, but a life of knowing Who makes us â€œgo.”
“In my view, Arafat is the only Palestinian in the world that isn't willing to have an independent Palestinian state.”

Source : Interview with Elizabeth Farnsworth, www.pbs.org. February 1, 2004.
“I'm English and love England. Whenever I'm there, I'm always seeing the present but feeling its past.”
“Just as a very little fresh water is blown away by a storm of wind and dust, in like manner the good deeds, that we think we do in this life, are overwhelmed by the multitude of evils.”

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