The most common form of despair is not being who you are.
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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People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
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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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It is impossible to exist without passion.
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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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I stick my finger into existence and it smells of nothing.
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Life can only be understood backward, but it must be lived forwards.
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The task must be made difficult, for only the difficult inspires the noble-hearted.
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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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Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.
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It is so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey.
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Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.
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Therefore do not deceive yourself! Of all deceivers fear most yourself!
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Many of us pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that we hurry past it.
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My standpoint is armed neutrality.
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I am convinced that God is love.
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