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 KIERKEGAARD
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’.
More Soren Kierkegaard Quotes
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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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My melancholy is the most faithful mistress I have known; what wonder, then, that I love her in return.
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The highest and most beautiful things in life are not to be heard about, nor read about, nor seen but, if one will, are to be lived.
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Leap of faith – yes, but only after reflection
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What is existence for but to be laughed at if men in their twenties have already attained the utmost?
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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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Don’t forget to love yourself.
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It is very important in life to know when your cue comes.
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Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.
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I stick my finger into existence and it smells of nothing.
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I am convinced that God is love.
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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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Above all, do not lose your desire to walk.
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Take away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor.
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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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In the secretly blushing cheek is reflected the glow of the heart.
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