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.
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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Leap of faith – yes, but only after reflection
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In my great melancholy, I loved life, for I love my melancholy.
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Above all, do not lose your desire to walk.
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My sorrow is my castle.
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What is existence for but to be laughed at if men in their twenties have already attained the utmost?
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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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Life can only be understood backward, but it must be lived forwards.
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And this is one of the most crucial definitions for the whole of Christianity; that the opposite of sin is not virtue but faith.
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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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In the secretly blushing cheek is reflected the glow of the heart.
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Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.
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There is nothing with which every man is so afraid as getting to know how enormously much he is capable of doing and becoming.
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My standpoint is armed neutrality.
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I stick my finger into existence and it smells of nothing.
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