It is the duty of the human understanding to understand that there are things which it cannot understand.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDIt is so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey.
More Soren Kierkegaard Quotes
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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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Many of us pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that we hurry past it.
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Don’t forget to love yourself.
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Once you are born in this world you’re old enough to die.
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It is impossible to exist without passion.
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My melancholy is the most faithful sweetheart I have had.
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In my great melancholy, I loved life, for I love my melancholy.
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My standpoint is armed neutrality.
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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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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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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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Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.
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Boredom is the root of all evil.
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Happiness is the greatest hiding place for despair.
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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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