In the root of the word "faith" itself... there is implicit the idea of confidence, of surrender to the will of another, to a person. Confidence is placed only in persons. We trust in Providence, which we perceive as something personal and conscious, not in Fate, which is something impersonal. And thus it is in the person who tells us the truth, in the person that gives us hope, that we believe, not directly or immediately in truth itself or in hope itself.


The Tragic Sense of Life (1913) - IX : Faith, Hope, and Charity

Miguel de Unamuno Quotes

In the root of the word faith itself... there is implicit the idea of confidence, of surrender to the will of another, to a person. Confidence is...

In the root of the word faith itself... there is implicit the idea of confidence, of surrender to the will of another, to a person. Confidence is...

In the root of the word faith itself... there is implicit the idea of confidence, of surrender to the will of another, to a person. Confidence is...

In the root of the word faith itself... there is implicit the idea of confidence, of surrender to the will of another, to a person. Confidence is...