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The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.

Soren Kierkegaard

It is the duty of the human understanding to understand that there are things which it cannot understand.
SOREN KIERKEGAARD

Deep Human Philosophy Understand
Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.
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Freedom Mental One Liner
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
What labels me, negates me.
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Myself One Liner
The greatest hazard of all, losing one’s self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all.
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Deep Great Loss
I stick my finger into existence and it smells of nothing.
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Deep Existence Fingers Myself Philosophy
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
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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Act Action Deep Easy Religious Understand
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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Freedom Liberty Man Sarcastic
It is very important in life to know when your cue comes.
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Life Yourself
What if everything in the world were a misunderstanding, what if laughter were really tears?
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Deep Laughter Philosophy Tears World
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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Cry Deep Happiness Heart Hide Lips Man Music Philosophy Poet Sound
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
The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.
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Function God Nature Philosophy Prayer
The most painful state of being is remembering the future, particularly the one you’ll never have.
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Future Pain Remember Yourself
It is so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey.
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Believe Hard One Liner

The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.

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