I stick my finger into existence and it smells of nothing.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDWhy bother remembering a past that cannot be made into a present?
More Soren Kierkegaard Quotes
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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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Therefore do not deceive yourself! Of all deceivers fear most yourself!
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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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It is so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey.
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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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What is existence for but to be laughed at if men in their twenties have already attained the utmost?
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In the secretly blushing cheek is reflected the glow of the heart.
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Life can only be understood backward, but it must be lived forwards.
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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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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.
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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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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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It is impossible to exist without passion.
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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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