Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDLeap of faith – yes, but only after reflection
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Above all, do not lose your desire to walk.
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Leap of faith – yes, but only after reflection
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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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Boredom is the root of all evil.
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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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Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.
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It is so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey.
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Life can only be understood backward, but it must be lived forwards.
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In the secretly blushing cheek is reflected the glow of the heart.
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It is very important in life to know when your cue comes.
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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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The highest and most beautiful things in life are not to be heard about, nor read about, nor seen but, if one will, are to be lived.
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The most painful state of being is remembering the future, particularly the one you’ll never have.
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Hope is a passion for the possible.
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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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The self-assured believer is a greater sinner in the eyes of God than the troubled disbeliever.
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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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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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What labels me, negates me.
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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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The task must be made difficult, for only the difficult inspires the noble-hearted.
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Therefore do not deceive yourself! Of all deceivers fear most yourself!
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The most common form of despair is not being who you are.
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Now, with God’s help, I shall become myself.
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Once you are born in this world you’re old enough to die.
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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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