There is nothing with which every man is so afraid as getting to know how enormously much he is capable of doing and becoming.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDLeap of faith – yes, but only after reflection
More Soren Kierkegaard Quotes
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Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.
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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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The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.
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Don’t forget to love yourself.
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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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Life can only be understood backward, but it must be lived forwards.
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My melancholy is the most faithful sweetheart I have had.
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Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.
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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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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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I am convinced that God is love.
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In the secretly blushing cheek is reflected the glow of the heart.
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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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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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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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