The most common form of despair is not being who 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.
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The task must be made difficult, for only the difficult inspires the noble-hearted.
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What if everything in the world were a misunderstanding, what if laughter were really tears?
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Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.
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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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To have faith is precisely to lose one’s mind so as to win God.
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Hope is a passion for the possible.
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Therefore do not deceive yourself! Of all deceivers fear most yourself!
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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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Why bother remembering a past that cannot be made into a present?
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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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My melancholy is the most faithful sweetheart I have had.
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What labels me, negates me.
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Happiness is the greatest hiding place for despair.
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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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People understand me so poorly that they don’t even understand my complaint about them not understanding me.
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