If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of the potential, for the eye which, ever young and ardent, sees the possible.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDThe 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.
More Soren Kierkegaard Quotes
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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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People understand me so poorly that they don’t even understand my complaint about them not understanding me.
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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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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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In my great melancholy, I loved life, for I love my melancholy.
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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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In the secretly blushing cheek is reflected the glow of the heart.
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For he who loves God without faith reflects on himself, while the person who loves God in faith reflects on God.”
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How absurd men are! They never use the liberties they have, they demand those they do not have. They have freedom of thought, they demand freedom of speech.
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It is very important in life to know when your cue comes.
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It is impossible to exist without passion.
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It is so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey.
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Once you are born in this world you’re old enough to die.
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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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To have faith is precisely to lose one’s mind so as to win God.
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