What is a poet? An unhappy man who hides deep anguish in his heart, but whose lips are so formed that when the sigh and cry pass through them, it sounds like lovely music.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDHope is a passion for the possible.
More Soren Kierkegaard Quotes
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Boredom is the root of all evil.
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Don’t forget to love yourself.
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Many of us pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that we hurry past it.
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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.
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I stick my finger into existence and it smells of nothing.
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My standpoint is armed neutrality.
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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 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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What if everything in the world were a misunderstanding, what if laughter were really tears?
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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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Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.
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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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In the secretly blushing cheek is reflected the glow of the heart.
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Now, with God’s help, I shall become myself.
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Therefore do not deceive yourself! Of all deceivers fear most yourself!
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