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The most common form of despair is not being who you are.

Soren Kierkegaard

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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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Advice Friendship Honest Possible Regret Situation
Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.
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Many of us pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that we hurry past it.
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Deep Life Past Pleasure Pursue
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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Faith God Himself Love Person Philosophy Reflection
Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.
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Freedom Mental One Liner
What is existence for but to be laughed at if men in their twenties have already attained the utmost?
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Exist Laugh Man Philosophy
The self-assured believer is a greater sinner in the eyes of God than the troubled disbeliever.
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My sorrow is my castle.
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Myself One Liner Sorrow
People understand me so poorly that they don’t even understand my complaint about them not understanding me.
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People Sarcastic Understand
Leap of faith – yes, but only after reflection
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Faith One Liner Reflection
If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of the potential, for the eye which, ever young and ardent, sees the possible.
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Eyes Myself Passion Philosophy Possible Potential Power Wealth
In the secretly blushing cheek is reflected the glow of the heart.
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Happiness Heart Reflection Romantic Secret
The highest and most beautiful things in life are not to be heard about, nor read about, nor seen but, if one will, are to be lived.
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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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Freedom Liberty Man Sarcastic
The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.
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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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Fight God Great Person Proud Right Strength
Above all, do not lose your desire to walk.
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Desire Lose One Liner Speak
It is perhaps the misfortune of my life that I am interested in far too much but not decisively in any one thing; all my interests are not subordinated in one but stand on an equal footing.
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Equality Interest Life Myself Philosophy
Hope is a passion for the possible.
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Hope One Liner Passion Possible
I am convinced that God is love.
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Convince God Love One Liner Spiritual
It is impossible to exist without passion.
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Exist Impossible One Liner Passion
My melancholy is the most faithful sweetheart I have had.
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Faith Sad
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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Deep Illusion Majority Oppression Politics Strong Truth
It is the duty of the human understanding to understand that there are things which it cannot understand.
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Deep Human Philosophy Understand
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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Faith Religion Sin Virtue
In my great melancholy, I loved life, for I love my melancholy.
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Great Life Love Sad
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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