"It is truer to say that martyrs create faith more than faith creates martyrs."

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The theme of hope is universal, yet Miguel de Unamuno manages to capture its essence in a uniquely profound way. Taking a moment to internalize this can shift our mindset, reminding us that our perspective on hope often shapes our reality.

About Miguel de Unamuno

Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo was a Spanish essayist, novelist, poet, playwright, philosopher and academic. His major philosophical essay was Tragic Sense of Life (1913), and his most famous novels were Abel Sánchez: The History of a Passion (1917), a modern exploration of the Cain and Abel story, and Mist (1914), which The Literary Encyclopedia calls "the most acclaimed Spanish Modernist novel".

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"To fall into a habit is to begin to cease to be."

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"Life is doubt, and faith without doubt is nothing but death."

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