The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDThe task must be made difficult, for only the difficult inspires the noble-hearted.
More Soren Kierkegaard Quotes
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It is very important in life to know when your cue comes.
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Many of us pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that we hurry past it.
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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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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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People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
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If 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.
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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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Leap of faith – yes, but only after reflection
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The most common form of despair is not being who you are.
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Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.
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Above all, do not lose your desire to walk.
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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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In the secretly blushing cheek is reflected the glow of the heart.
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Boredom is the root of all evil.
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The highest and most beautiful things in life are not to be heard about, nor read about, nor seen but, if one will, are to be lived.
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