In the secretly blushing cheek is reflected the glow of the heart.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDAnd this is one of the most crucial definitions for the whole of Christianity; that the opposite of sin is not virtue but faith.
More Soren Kierkegaard Quotes
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Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.
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Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.
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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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The most painful state of being is remembering the future, particularly the one you’ll never have.
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It is very important in life to know when your cue comes.
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The Bible is very easy to understand. But we Christians are a bunch of scheming swindlers. We pretend to be unable to understand it because we know very well that the minute we understand, we are obliged to act accordingly.
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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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In my great melancholy, I loved life, for I love my melancholy.
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Don’t forget to love yourself.
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Many of us pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that we hurry past it.
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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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To have faith is precisely to lose one’s mind so as to win God.
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Leap of faith – yes, but only after reflection
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It is so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey.
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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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