Once you are born in this world you’re old enough to die.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDThe greatest hazard of all, losing one’s self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all.
More Soren Kierkegaard Quotes
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It is the duty of the human understanding to understand that there are things which it cannot understand.
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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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And this is one of the most crucial definitions for the whole of Christianity; that the opposite of sin is not virtue but faith.
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Boredom is the root of all evil.
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People understand me so poorly that they don’t even understand my complaint about them not understanding me.
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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 very important in life to know when your cue comes.
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Happiness is the greatest hiding place for despair.
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What if everything in the world were a misunderstanding, what if laughter were really tears?
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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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Hope is a passion for the possible.
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Truth always rests with the minority, and the minority is always stronger than the majority, because the minority is generally formed by those who really have an opinion, while the strength of a majority is illusory.
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Life can only be understood backward, but it must be lived forwards.
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My melancholy is the most faithful sweetheart I have had.
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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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