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Why bother remembering a past that cannot be made into a present?

Soren Kierkegaard

Therefore do not deceive yourself! Of all deceivers fear most yourself!
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Fear Yourself
The highest and most beautiful things in life are not to be heard about, nor read about, nor seen but, if one will, are to be lived.
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Beautiful Deep Heard High Life Live Read
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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Advice Life Present Silence World
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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Eyes Myself Passion Philosophy Possible Potential Power Wealth
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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Act Action Deep Easy Religious Understand
Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.
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Freedom Mental One Liner
In the secretly blushing cheek is reflected the glow of the heart.
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Happiness Heart Reflection Romantic Secret
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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Faith God Himself Love Person Philosophy Reflection
How absurd men are! They never use the liberties they have, they demand those they do not have. They have freedom of thought, they demand freedom of speech.
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Freedom Liberty Man Sarcastic
What is existence for but to be laughed at if men in their twenties have already attained the utmost?
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Exist Laugh Man Philosophy
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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Fight God Great Person Proud Right Strength
Boredom is the root of all evil.
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Evil One Liner
People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
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Freedom People Sarcastic
Many of us pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that we hurry past it.
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Deep Life Past Pleasure Pursue
Take away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor.
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Deep Think
The greatest hazard of all, losing one’s self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all.
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Deep Great Loss

Why bother remembering a past that cannot be made into a present?

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