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.
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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It is perhaps the misfortune of my life that I am interested in far too much but not decisively in any one thing; all my interests are not subordinated in one but stand on an equal footing.
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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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My melancholy is the most faithful sweetheart I have had.
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Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.
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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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The task must be made difficult, for only the difficult inspires the noble-hearted.
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Now, with God’s help, I shall become myself.
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In the secretly blushing cheek is reflected the glow of the heart.
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For he who loves God without faith reflects on himself, while the person who loves God in faith reflects on God.”
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Once you are born in this world you’re old enough to die.
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Therefore do not deceive yourself! Of all deceivers fear most yourself!
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Hope is a passion for the possible.
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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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What if everything in the world were a misunderstanding, what if laughter were really tears?
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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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