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People understand me so poorly that they don’t even understand my complaint about them not understanding me.

Soren Kierkegaard

Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.
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Experience Life Problem Reality
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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Eyes Myself Passion Philosophy Possible Potential Power Wealth
Therefore do not deceive yourself! Of all deceivers fear most yourself!
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Fear Yourself
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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Deep Illusion Majority Oppression Politics Strong Truth
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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Advice Friendship Honest Possible Regret Situation
People understand me so poorly that they don’t even understand my complaint about them not understanding me.
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People Sarcastic Understand
It is impossible to exist without passion.
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Exist Impossible One Liner Passion
Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.
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Change Fact Philosophy Yourself
The task must be made difficult, for only the difficult inspires the noble-hearted.
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Difficult Heart Inspirational
The most common form of despair is not being who you are.
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Be Yourself
People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
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Freedom People Sarcastic
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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Beginning Born Cry Death Deep End Enjoyment Man Philosophy Woman
It is so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey.
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Believe Hard One Liner
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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Beautiful Deep Heard High Life Live Read
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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Fight God Great Person Proud Right Strength
Happiness is the greatest hiding place for despair.
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Great Happiness Hide One Liner Place

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