The most common form of despair is not being who you are.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDWhat labels me, negates me.
More Soren Kierkegaard Quotes
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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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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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Life can only be understood backward, but it must be lived forwards.
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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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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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And this is one of the most crucial definitions for the whole of Christianity; that the opposite of sin is not virtue but faith.
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In the secretly blushing cheek is reflected the glow of the heart.
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Don’t forget to love yourself.
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It is perhaps the misfortune of my life that I am interested in far too much but not decisively in any one thing; all my interests are not subordinated in one but stand on an equal footing.
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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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The self-assured believer is a greater sinner in the eyes of God than the troubled disbeliever.
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My melancholy is the most faithful sweetheart I have had.
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Once you are born in this world you’re old enough to die.
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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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It is very important in life to know when your cue comes.
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