There is nothing with which every man is so afraid as getting to know how enormously much he is capable of doing and becoming.
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.
More Soren Kierkegaard Quotes
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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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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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Once you are born in this world you’re old enough to die.
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What labels me, negates me.
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Therefore do not deceive yourself! Of all deceivers fear most yourself!
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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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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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The task must be made difficult, for only the difficult inspires the noble-hearted.
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Leap of faith – yes, but only after reflection
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It is so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey.
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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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It is impossible to exist without passion.
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To have faith is precisely to lose one’s mind so as to win God.
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Hope is a passion for the possible.
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