Why bother remembering a past that cannot be made into a present?
SOREN KIERKEGAARDPeople demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
More Soren Kierkegaard Quotes
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Listen to the cry of a woman in labor at the hour of giving birth — look at the dying man’s struggle at his last extremity, and then tell me whether something that begins and ends thus could be intended for enjoyment.
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In the secretly blushing cheek is reflected the glow of the heart.
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The highest and most beautiful things in life are not to be heard about, nor read about, nor seen but, if one will, are to be lived.
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The present state of the world and the whole of life is diseased. If I were a doctor and were asked for my advice, I should reply, ‘Create silence’.
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Now, with God’s help, I shall become myself.
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Boredom is the root of all evil.
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I see it all perfectly; there are two possible situations — one can either do this or that. My honest opinion and my friendly advice is this: do it or do not do it — you will regret both.
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My standpoint is armed neutrality.
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It is perhaps the misfortune of my life that I am interested in far too much but not decisively in any one thing; all my interests are not subordinated in one but stand on an equal footing.
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I am convinced that God is love.
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It is the duty of the human understanding to understand that there are things which it cannot understand.
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Hope is a passion for the possible.
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Truth always rests with the minority, and the minority is always stronger than the majority, because the minority is generally formed by those who really have an opinion, while the strength of a majority is illusory.
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The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.
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My sorrow is my castle.
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