It is the duty of the human understanding to understand that there are things which it cannot understand.
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 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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Leap of faith – yes, but only after reflection
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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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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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I stick my finger into existence and it smells of nothing.
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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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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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It is very important in life to know when your cue comes.
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Many of us pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that we hurry past it.
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The most common form of despair is not being who you are.
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Life can only be understood backward, but it must be lived forwards.
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Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.
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Now, with God’s help, I shall become myself.
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The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.
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Once you are born in this world you’re old enough to die.
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