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.
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 existence for but to be laughed at if men in their twenties have already attained the utmost?
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Boredom is the root of all evil.
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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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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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Once you are born in this world you’re old enough to die.
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What if everything in the world were a misunderstanding, what if laughter were really tears?
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There is nothing with which every man is so afraid as getting to know how enormously much he is capable of doing and becoming.
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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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It is very important in life to know when your cue comes.
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Many of us pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that we hurry past it.
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Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.
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Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.
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I am convinced that God is love.
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Life can only be understood backward, but it must be lived forwards.
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Take away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor.
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