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

Soren Kierkegaard

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
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
There is nothing with which every man is so afraid as getting to know how enormously much he is capable of doing and becoming.
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Afraid Deep Inspirational Man Philosophy
Hope is a passion for the possible.
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Hope One Liner Passion Possible
And this is one of the most crucial definitions for the whole of Christianity; that the opposite of sin is not virtue but faith.
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Faith Religion Sin Virtue
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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Advice Life Present Silence World
What labels me, negates me.
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Myself One Liner
Boredom is the root of all evil.
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Evil One Liner
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
I am convinced that God is love.
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Convince God Love One Liner Spiritual
It is very important in life to know when your cue comes.
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Life Yourself
Above all, do not lose your desire to walk.
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Desire Lose One Liner Speak
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
It is so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey.
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Believe Hard One Liner
Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.
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Change Fact Philosophy Yourself
My standpoint is armed neutrality.
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Myself One Liner

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

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