The task must be made difficult, for only the difficult inspires the noble-hearted.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDIt 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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The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.
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Take away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor.
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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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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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It is very important in life to know when your cue comes.
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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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People understand me so poorly that they don’t even understand my complaint about them not understanding me.
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And this is one of the most crucial definitions for the whole of Christianity; that the opposite of sin is not virtue but faith.
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My melancholy is the most faithful sweetheart I have had.
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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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Happiness is the greatest hiding place for despair.
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Don’t forget to love yourself.
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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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What labels me, negates me.
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