Leap of faith – yes, but only after reflection
SOREN KIERKEGAARDPeople demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
More Soren Kierkegaard Quotes
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The most common form of despair is not being who you are.
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Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.
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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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What labels me, negates me.
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Now, with God’s help, I shall become myself.
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Therefore do not deceive yourself! Of all deceivers fear most yourself!
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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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The most painful state of being is remembering the future, particularly the one you’ll never have.
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It is the duty of the human understanding to understand that there are things which it cannot understand.
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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 task must be made difficult, for only the difficult inspires the noble-hearted.
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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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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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It is very important in life to know when your cue comes.
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Life can only be understood backward, but it must be lived forwards.
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