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.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDI am convinced that God is love.
More Soren Kierkegaard Quotes
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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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It is very important in life to know when your cue comes.
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Listen to the cry of a woman in labor at the hour of giving birth — look at the dying man’s struggle at his last extremity, and then tell me whether something that begins and ends thus could be intended for enjoyment.
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Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.
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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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The task must be made difficult, for only the difficult inspires the noble-hearted.
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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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What if everything in the world were a misunderstanding, what if laughter were really tears?
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In my great melancholy, I loved life, for I love my melancholy.
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Take away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor.
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It is so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey.
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Once you are born in this world you’re old enough to die.
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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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My melancholy is the most faithful sweetheart I have had.
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Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.
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