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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.

Soren Kierkegaard

Take away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor.
SOREN KIERKEGAARD

Deep Think
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
Happiness is the greatest hiding place for despair.
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Great Happiness Hide One Liner Place
Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.
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Change Fact Philosophy Yourself
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
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
There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.
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Believe Philosophy True Way
The most painful state of being is remembering the future, particularly the one you’ll never have.
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Future Pain Remember Yourself
I stick my finger into existence and it smells of nothing.
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Deep Existence Fingers Myself Philosophy
What if everything in the world were a misunderstanding, what if laughter were really tears?
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Deep Laughter Philosophy Tears World
The greatest hazard of all, losing one’s self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all.
SOREN KIERKEGAARD

Deep Great Loss
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
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
Above all, do not lose your desire to walk.
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Desire Lose One Liner Speak
My standpoint is armed neutrality.
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Myself One Liner
In my great melancholy, I loved life, for I love my melancholy.
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Great Life Love Sad

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