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I stick my finger into existence and it smells of nothing.

Soren Kierkegaard

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
Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.
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Experience Life Problem Reality
People understand me so poorly that they don’t even understand my complaint about them not understanding me.
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People Sarcastic Understand
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
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 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
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
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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Advice Friendship Honest Possible Regret Situation
Life can only be understood backward, but it must be lived forwards.
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Life Live Philosophy Understand
The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.
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Function God Nature Philosophy Prayer
Therefore do not deceive yourself! Of all deceivers fear most yourself!
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Fear Yourself
It is the duty of the human understanding to understand that there are things which it cannot understand.
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Deep Human Philosophy Understand
The most common form of despair is not being who you are.
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Be Yourself
Hope is a passion for the possible.
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Hope One Liner Passion Possible
In my great melancholy, I loved life, for I love my melancholy.
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Great Life Love Sad
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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Cry Deep Happiness Heart Hide Lips Man Music Philosophy Poet Sound
Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.
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Freedom Mental One Liner
Listen to the cry of a woman in labor at the hour of giving birth — look at the dying man’s struggle at his last extremity, and then tell me whether something that begins and ends thus could be intended for enjoyment.
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Beginning Born Cry Death Deep End Enjoyment Man Philosophy Woman
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
My standpoint is armed neutrality.
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Myself One Liner
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
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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Deep Illusion Majority Oppression Politics Strong Truth
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
Don’t forget to love yourself.
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One Liner Self Love 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
I stick my finger into existence and it smells of nothing.
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Deep Existence Fingers Myself Philosophy
My melancholy is the most faithful mistress I have known; what wonder, then, that I love her in return.
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Faith Love Relationship

I stick my finger into existence and it smells of nothing.

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