The task must be made difficult, for only the difficult inspires the noble-hearted.
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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It is so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey.
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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 melancholy is the most faithful sweetheart I have had.
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Boredom is the root of all evil.
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Take away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor.
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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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Above all, do not lose your desire to walk.
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My standpoint is armed neutrality.
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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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The most common form of despair is not being who you are.
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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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The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.
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What labels me, negates me.
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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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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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