Leap of faith – yes, but only after reflection
SOREN KIERKEGAARDIt is perfectly true, as philosophers say, that life must be understood backwards. But they forget the other proposition, that it must be lived forwards.
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Boredom is the root of all evil.
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My standpoint is armed neutrality.
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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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The task must be made difficult, for only the difficult inspires the noble-hearted.
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It is very important in life to know when your cue comes.
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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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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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It is perfectly true, as philosophers say, that life must be understood backwards. But they forget the other proposition, that it must be lived forwards.
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Life can only be understood backward, but it must be lived forwards.
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Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.
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What labels me, negates me.
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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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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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The most common form of despair is not being who you are.
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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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