My sorrow is my castle.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDThe 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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My melancholy is the most faithful sweetheart I have had.
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How absurd men are! They never use the liberties they have, they demand those they do not have. They have freedom of thought, they demand freedom of speech.
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Once you are born in this world you’re old enough to die.
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I am convinced that God is love.
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Take away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor.
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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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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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The self-assured believer is a greater sinner in the eyes of God than the troubled disbeliever.
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In the secretly blushing cheek is reflected the glow of the heart.
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People understand me so poorly that they don’t even understand my complaint about them not understanding me.
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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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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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Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.
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My standpoint is armed neutrality.
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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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