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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.

Soren Kierkegaard

The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.
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Function God Nature Philosophy Prayer
The most painful state of being is remembering the future, particularly the one you’ll never have.
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Future Pain Remember Yourself
What if everything in the world were a misunderstanding, what if laughter were really tears?
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Deep Laughter Philosophy Tears World
The task must be made difficult, for only the difficult inspires the noble-hearted.
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Difficult Heart Inspirational
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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Afraid Deep Inspirational Man Philosophy
It is perfectly true, as philosophers say, that life must be understood backwards. But they forget the other proposition, that it must be lived forwards.
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Deep Forget Life Live Philosophy True Understand
It is very important in life to know when your cue comes.
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Life Yourself
Once you are born in this world you’re old enough to die.
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Born Death Philosophy Yourself
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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Equality Interest Life Myself Philosophy
Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.
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Change Fact Philosophy Yourself
My standpoint is armed neutrality.
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Myself One Liner
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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Advice Friendship Honest Possible Regret Situation
What is existence for but to be laughed at if men in their twenties have already attained the utmost?
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Exist Laugh Man Philosophy
To have faith is precisely to lose one’s mind so as to win God.
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Faith God Lose Mind
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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Act Action Deep Easy Religious Understand
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.
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Fight God Great Person Proud Right Strength

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