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.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDAnd this is one of the most crucial definitions for the whole of Christianity; that the opposite of sin is not virtue but faith.
More Soren Kierkegaard Quotes
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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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What if everything in the world were a misunderstanding, what if laughter were really tears?
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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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Above all, do not lose your desire to walk.
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Hope is a passion for the possible.
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Now, with God’s help, I shall become myself.
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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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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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In the secretly blushing cheek is reflected the glow of the heart.
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Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.
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The most common form of despair is not being who you are.
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Leap of faith – yes, but only after reflection
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Take away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor.
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Happiness is the greatest hiding place for despair.
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My melancholy is the most faithful sweetheart I have had.
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