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 KIERKEGAARDWhy bother remembering a past that cannot be made into a present?
More Soren Kierkegaard Quotes
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Therefore do not deceive yourself! Of all deceivers fear most yourself!
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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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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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I am convinced that God is love.
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Take away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor.
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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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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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What labels me, negates me.
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My melancholy is the most faithful sweetheart I have had.
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To have faith is precisely to lose one’s mind so as to win God.
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What if everything in the world were a misunderstanding, what if laughter were really tears?
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The most common form of despair is not being who you are.
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In the secretly blushing cheek is reflected the glow of the heart.
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Once you are born in this world you’re old enough to die.
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