My melancholy is the most faithful sweetheart I have had.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDWhy bother remembering a past that cannot be made into a present?
More Soren Kierkegaard Quotes
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I am convinced that God is love.
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In the secretly blushing cheek is reflected the glow of the heart.
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It is perfectly true, as philosophers say, that life must be understood backwards. But they forget the other proposition, that it must be lived forwards.
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In my great melancholy, I loved life, for I love my melancholy.
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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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The task must be made difficult, for only the difficult inspires the noble-hearted.
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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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It is very important in life to know when your cue comes.
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Take away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor.
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It is impossible to exist without passion.
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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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What is existence for but to be laughed at if men in their twenties have already attained the utmost?
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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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What 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.
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Above all, do not lose your desire to walk.
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