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 KIERKEGAARDThe 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.
More Soren Kierkegaard Quotes
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The task must be made difficult, for only the difficult inspires the noble-hearted.
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Leap of faith – yes, but only after reflection
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Don’t forget to love yourself.
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It is perfectly true, as philosophers say, that life must be understood backwards. But they forget the other proposition, that it must be lived forwards.
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It is the duty of the human understanding to understand that there are things which it cannot understand.
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My standpoint is armed neutrality.
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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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The self-assured believer is a greater sinner in the eyes of God than the troubled disbeliever.
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Therefore do not deceive yourself! Of all deceivers fear most yourself!
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The most painful state of being is remembering the future, particularly the one you’ll never have.
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My sorrow is my castle.
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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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Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.
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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 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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