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.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDIn the secretly blushing cheek is reflected the glow of the heart.
More Soren Kierkegaard Quotes
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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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In my great melancholy, I loved life, for I love my melancholy.
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Hope is a passion for the possible.
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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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Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.
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Above all, do not lose your desire to walk.
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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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Don’t forget to love yourself.
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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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Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.
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There is nothing with which every man is so afraid as getting to know how enormously much he is capable of doing and becoming.
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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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Leap of faith – yes, but only after reflection
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I stick my finger into existence and it smells of nothing.
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It is impossible to exist without passion.
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