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.
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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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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Don’t forget to love yourself.
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The Bible is very easy to understand. But we Christians are a bunch of scheming swindlers. We pretend to be unable to understand it because we know very well that the minute we understand, we are obliged to act accordingly.
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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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What is existence for but to be laughed at if men in their twenties have already attained the utmost?
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Leap of faith – yes, but only after reflection
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Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.
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Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.
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Happiness is the greatest hiding place for despair.
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People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
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It is very important in life to know when your cue comes.
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Once you are born in this world you’re old enough to die.
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Hope is a passion for the possible.
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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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