Now, with God’s help, I shall become myself.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDWhat if everything in the world were a misunderstanding, what if laughter were really tears?
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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It is so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey.
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People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
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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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Happiness is the greatest hiding place for despair.
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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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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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There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.
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Don’t forget to love yourself.
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The task must be made difficult, for only the difficult inspires the noble-hearted.
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The self-assured believer is a greater sinner in the eyes of God than the troubled disbeliever.
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My melancholy is the most faithful mistress I have known; what wonder, then, that I love her in return.
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What labels me, negates me.
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In the secretly blushing cheek is reflected the glow of the heart.
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People understand me so poorly that they don’t even understand my complaint about them not understanding me.
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