Unamuno on human life

“I don’t want to die, no, I don’t, nor do I want to; I want to live forever, forever; and to live myself, this poor self, that I am and feel myself to be today and here, and that is why the problem of the duration of my soul, my own, torments me.”*

The strength of Unamuno's assertion lies in its expression of the desire for human life, devoid of any thought of pleasure. Here we have a quote that stands as a challenge to the modern world, where the theory of action as meaning can be exploited by all modern ideologies.

*The Tragic Sense of Life.