And this is one of the most crucial definitions for the whole of Christianity; that the opposite of sin is not virtue but faith.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDMy sorrow is my castle.
More Soren Kierkegaard Quotes
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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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What if everything in the world were a misunderstanding, what if laughter were really tears?
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Above all, do not lose your desire to walk.
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I am convinced that God is love.
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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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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.
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It is the duty of the human understanding to understand that there are things which it cannot understand.
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The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.
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Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.
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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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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 so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey.
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The task must be made difficult, for only the difficult inspires the noble-hearted.
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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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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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