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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.

Soren Kierkegaard

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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Equality Interest Life Myself Philosophy
I stick my finger into existence and it smells of nothing.
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Deep Existence Fingers Myself Philosophy
What if everything in the world were a misunderstanding, what if laughter were really tears?
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Deep Laughter Philosophy Tears World
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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Deep Great Loss
Therefore do not deceive yourself! Of all deceivers fear most yourself!
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Fear Yourself
People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
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Freedom People Sarcastic
Why bother remembering a past that cannot be made into a present?
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Past Philosophy Present Remember
My melancholy is the most faithful sweetheart I have had.
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Faith Sad
And this is one of the most crucial definitions for the whole of Christianity; that the opposite of sin is not virtue but faith.
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Faith Religion Sin Virtue
It is impossible to exist without passion.
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Exist Impossible One Liner Passion
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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Advice Life Present Silence World
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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Freedom Liberty Man Sarcastic
It is perfectly true, as philosophers say, that life must be understood backwards. But they forget the other proposition, that it must be lived forwards.
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Deep Forget Life Live Philosophy True Understand
Leap of faith – yes, but only after reflection
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Faith One Liner Reflection
Truth always rests with the minority, and the minority is always stronger than the majority, because the minority is generally formed by those who really have an opinion, while the strength of a majority is illusory.
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Deep Illusion Majority Oppression Politics Strong Truth
The self-assured believer is a greater sinner in the eyes of God than the troubled disbeliever.
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Believe Eyes God Great Philosophy Religion Sin Trouble

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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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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