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I will spend my entire life struggling with this mystery, even if there is no hope of ever resolving it, because this struggle is my nutrient and my consolation. Yes, my consolation, because I have grown accustomed to taking hope from desperation itself. And I don't need any lamebrains or dimwits to tell me that this is a paradox.
I cannot conceive of any educated person who does not have this preoccupation, and I expect very little from the opinions, and opinions are not the same as certainty, of those who are not interested in the problem of religion in its metaphysical aspect, and who only study it for its social or political aspect. I expect very little for the spiritual enrichment of humanity from those men or those people who, because of mental laziness, because of superficiality, because of their faith in science, or for whatever reason, distance themselves from the fundamental preoccupations of the heart. I don't expect anything from those who say: "You shouldn't think about that"; I expect even less from those who believe in a heaven and a hell like we believed in when we were children; and I expect nothing at all from those who declare with the certainty of a fool: "Those ideas are only fables or myths; when you die you are buried, and that's it." I only expect something from those who don't know, but are not resigned to it; from those who struggle without ceasing to find the truth, and base their entire life on the struggle itself, rather than on achieving a victory.
-Miguel de Unamuno
Working on my philosophy of religion final right now (>.<);
I cannot conceive of any educated person who does not have this preoccupation, and I expect very little from the opinions, and opinions are not the same as certainty, of those who are not interested in the problem of religion in its metaphysical aspect, and who only study it for its social or political aspect. I expect very little for the spiritual enrichment of humanity from those men or those people who, because of mental laziness, because of superficiality, because of their faith in science, or for whatever reason, distance themselves from the fundamental preoccupations of the heart. I don't expect anything from those who say: "You shouldn't think about that"; I expect even less from those who believe in a heaven and a hell like we believed in when we were children; and I expect nothing at all from those who declare with the certainty of a fool: "Those ideas are only fables or myths; when you die you are buried, and that's it." I only expect something from those who don't know, but are not resigned to it; from those who struggle without ceasing to find the truth, and base their entire life on the struggle itself, rather than on achieving a victory.
-Miguel de Unamuno
Working on my philosophy of religion final right now (>.<);