Leap of faith – yes, but only after reflection
SOREN KIERKEGAARDIf 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.
More Soren Kierkegaard Quotes
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I am convinced that God is love.
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To have faith is precisely to lose one’s mind so as to win God.
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The proud person always wants to do the right thing, the great thing. But because he wants to do it in his own strength, he is fighting not with man, but with God.
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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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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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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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My standpoint is armed neutrality.
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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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The most painful state of being is remembering the future, particularly the one you’ll never have.
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It is impossible to exist without passion.
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Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.
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My melancholy is the most faithful sweetheart I have had.
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Life can only be understood backward, but it must be lived forwards.
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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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My sorrow is my castle.
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