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.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDHow 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.
More Soren Kierkegaard Quotes
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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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The self-assured believer is a greater sinner in the eyes of God than the troubled disbeliever.
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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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I am convinced that God is love.
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In my great melancholy, I loved life, for I love my melancholy.
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Once you are born in this world you’re old enough to die.
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There is nothing with which every man is so afraid as getting to know how enormously much he is capable of doing and becoming.
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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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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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Leap of faith – yes, but only after reflection
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I stick my finger into existence and it smells of nothing.
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Happiness is the greatest hiding place for despair.
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Hope is a passion for the possible.
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Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.
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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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