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Many of us pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that we hurry past it.
Soren KierkegaardSoren Kierkegaard Now, with God’s help, I shall become myself.
Soren KierkegaardSoren Kierkegaard For he who loves God without faith reflects on himself, while the person who loves God in faith reflects on God.”
Soren KierkegaardSoren Kierkegaard To have faith is precisely to lose one’s mind so as to win God.
Soren KierkegaardSoren Kierkegaard Happiness is the greatest hiding place for despair.
Soren KierkegaardSoren Kierkegaard The most common form of despair is not being who you are.
Soren KierkegaardSoren Kierkegaard Life can only be understood backward, but it must be lived forwards.
Soren KierkegaardSoren Kierkegaard Therefore do not deceive yourself! Of all deceivers fear most yourself!
Soren KierkegaardSoren Kierkegaard Hope is a passion for the possible.
Soren KierkegaardSoren Kierkegaard 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.
Soren KierkegaardSoren Kierkegaard Leap of faith – yes, but only after reflection
Soren KierkegaardSoren Kierkegaard 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.
Soren KierkegaardSoren Kierkegaard The proud person always wants to do the right thing, the great thing. But because he wants to do it in his own strength, he is fighting not with man, but with God.
Soren KierkegaardSoren Kierkegaard The most painful state of being is remembering the future, particularly the one you’ll never have.
Soren KierkegaardSoren Kierkegaard I am convinced that God is love.
Soren KierkegaardSoren Kierkegaard Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.
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