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.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDWhy bother remembering a past that cannot be made into a present?
More Soren Kierkegaard Quotes
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Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.
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Why bother remembering a past that cannot be made into a present?
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Take away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor.
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The most common form of despair is not being who you are.
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To have faith is precisely to lose one’s mind so as to win God.
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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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My melancholy is the most faithful sweetheart I have had.
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My sorrow is my castle.
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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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The most painful state of being is remembering the future, particularly the one you’ll never have.
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My standpoint is armed neutrality.
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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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It is very important in life to know when your cue comes.
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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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