Don’t forget to love yourself.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDListen 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.
More Soren Kierkegaard Quotes
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The self-assured believer is a greater sinner in the eyes of God than the troubled disbeliever.
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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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It is very important in life to know when your cue comes.
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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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Boredom is the root of all evil.
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It is impossible to exist without passion.
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My melancholy is the most faithful mistress I have known; what wonder, then, that I love her in return.
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There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.
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Above all, do not lose your desire to walk.
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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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Why bother remembering a past that cannot be made into a present?
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Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.
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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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Therefore do not deceive yourself! Of all deceivers fear most yourself!
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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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