The most painful state of being is remembering the future, particularly the one you’ll never have.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDWhat is a poet? An unhappy man who hides deep anguish in his heart, but whose lips are so formed that when the sigh and cry pass through them, it sounds like lovely music.
More Soren Kierkegaard Quotes
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In the secretly blushing cheek is reflected the glow of the heart.
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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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In my great melancholy, I loved life, for I love my melancholy.
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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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My melancholy is the most faithful mistress I have known; what wonder, then, that I love her in return.
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Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.
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Leap of faith – yes, but only after reflection
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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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Boredom is the root of all evil.
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Therefore do not deceive yourself! Of all deceivers fear most yourself!
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People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
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It is so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey.
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To have faith is precisely to lose one’s mind so as to win God.
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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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My standpoint is armed neutrality.
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