People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
SOREN KIERKEGAARD
There is nothing with which every man is so afraid as getting to know how enormously much he is capable of doing and becoming.
More Soren Kierkegaard Quotes
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People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
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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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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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What is existence for but to be laughed at if men in their twenties have already attained the utmost?
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Therefore do not deceive yourself! Of all deceivers fear most yourself!
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The self-assured believer is a greater sinner in the eyes of God than the troubled disbeliever.
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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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The most common form of despair is not being who you are.
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Why bother remembering a past that cannot be made into a present?
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My melancholy is the most faithful sweetheart I have had.
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It is impossible to exist without passion.
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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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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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What labels me, negates me.
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Many of us pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that we hurry past it.
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