And this is one of the most crucial definitions for the whole of Christianity; that the opposite of sin is not virtue but faith.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDTake away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor.
More Soren Kierkegaard Quotes
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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 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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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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It is so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey.
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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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The self-assured believer is a greater sinner in the eyes of God than the troubled disbeliever.
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Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.
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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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Why bother remembering a past that cannot be made into a present?
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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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What is existence for but to be laughed at if men in their twenties have already attained the utmost?
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Above all, do not lose your desire to walk.
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Happiness is the greatest hiding place for despair.
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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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