The self-assured believer is a greater sinner in the eyes of God than the troubled disbeliever.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDThe function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.
More Soren Kierkegaard Quotes
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What is a poet? An unhappy man who hides deep anguish in his heart, but whose lips are so formed that when the sigh and cry pass through them, it sounds like lovely music.
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My melancholy is the most faithful mistress I have known; what wonder, then, that I love her in return.
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The task must be made difficult, for only the difficult inspires the noble-hearted.
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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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To have faith is precisely to lose one’s mind so as to win God.
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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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Leap of faith – yes, but only after reflection
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Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.
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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 the secretly blushing cheek is reflected the glow of the heart.
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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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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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Above all, do not lose your desire to walk.
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Happiness is the greatest hiding place for despair.
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It is impossible to exist without passion.
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