What is existence for but to be laughed at if men in their twenties have already attained the utmost?
SOREN KIERKEGAARDBoredom is the root of all evil.
More Soren Kierkegaard Quotes
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It is impossible to exist without passion.
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What labels me, negates me.
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Leap of faith – yes, but only after reflection
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I stick my finger into existence and it smells of nothing.
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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 am convinced that God is love.
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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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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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The present state of the world and the whole of life is diseased. If I were a doctor and were asked for my advice, I should reply, ‘Create silence’.
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The greatest hazard of all, losing one’s self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all.
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In my great melancholy, I loved life, for I love my melancholy.
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The most common form of despair is not being who you are.
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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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Many of us pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that we hurry past it.
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