And this is one of the most crucial definitions for the whole of Christianity; that the opposite of sin is not virtue but faith.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDMy standpoint is armed neutrality.
More Soren Kierkegaard Quotes
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It is very important in life to know when your cue comes.
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There is nothing with which every man is so afraid as getting to know how enormously much he is capable of doing and becoming.
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Don’t forget to love yourself.
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The proud person always wants to do the right thing, the great thing. But because he wants to do it in his own strength, he is fighting not with man, but with God.
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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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To have faith is precisely to lose one’s mind so as to win God.
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People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
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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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It is so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey.
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Boredom is the root of all evil.
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My melancholy is the most faithful sweetheart I have had.
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Hope is a passion for the possible.
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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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Many of us pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that we hurry past it.
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