Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.
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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It is impossible to exist without passion.
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I am convinced that God is love.
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Boredom is the root of all evil.
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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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I stick my finger into existence and it smells of nothing.
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Take away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor.
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In my great melancholy, I loved life, for I love my melancholy.
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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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The greatest hazard of all, losing one’s self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all.
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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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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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Once you are born in this world you’re old enough to die.
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My melancholy is the most faithful sweetheart I have had.
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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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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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