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.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDThe self-assured believer is a greater sinner in the eyes of God than the troubled disbeliever.
More Soren Kierkegaard Quotes
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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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Take away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor.
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Hope is a passion for the possible.
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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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Once you are born in this world you’re old enough to die.
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Now, with God’s help, I shall become myself.
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Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.
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The most painful state of being is remembering the future, particularly the one you’ll never have.
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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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Leap of faith – yes, but only after reflection
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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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My melancholy is the most faithful sweetheart I have had.
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The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.
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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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It is very important in life to know when your cue comes.
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