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Leap of faith – yes, but only after reflection

Soren Kierkegaard

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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Fight God Great Person Proud Right Strength
Don’t forget to love yourself.
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One Liner Self Love Yourself
My sorrow is my castle.
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Myself One Liner Sorrow
Life can only be understood backward, but it must be lived forwards.
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Life Live Philosophy Understand
People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
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Freedom People Sarcastic
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
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
The most painful state of being is remembering the future, particularly the one you’ll never have.
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Future Pain Remember Yourself
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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Believe Philosophy True Way
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
The most common form of despair is not being who you are.
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Be Yourself
Boredom is the root of all evil.
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Evil One Liner
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
Leap of faith – yes, but only after reflection
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Faith One Liner Reflection
Now, with God’s help, I shall become myself.
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God Myself One Liner Spiritual
The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.
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Function God Nature Philosophy Prayer

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