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 KIERKEGAARDThe most painful state of being is remembering the future, particularly the one you’ll never have.
More Soren Kierkegaard Quotes
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Don’t forget to love yourself.
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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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It is perhaps the misfortune of my life that I am interested in far too much but not decisively in any one thing; all my interests are not subordinated in one but stand on an equal footing.
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My standpoint is armed neutrality.
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Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.
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What labels me, negates me.
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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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Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.
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In the secretly blushing cheek is reflected the glow of the heart.
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Many of us pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that we hurry past it.
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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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It is very important in life to know when your cue comes.
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I am convinced that God is love.
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Therefore do not deceive yourself! Of all deceivers fear most yourself!
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