The greatest hazard of all, losing one’s self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all.
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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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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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’.
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In the secretly blushing cheek is reflected the glow of the heart.
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My melancholy is the most faithful sweetheart I have had.
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In my great melancholy, I loved life, for I love my melancholy.
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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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Therefore do not deceive yourself! Of all deceivers fear most yourself!
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My standpoint is armed neutrality.
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Happiness is the greatest hiding place for despair.
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Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.
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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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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 task must be made difficult, for only the difficult inspires the noble-hearted.
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What if everything in the world were a misunderstanding, what if laughter were really tears?
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My sorrow is my castle.
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