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 greatest hazard of all, losing one’s self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDThere is nothing with which every man is so afraid as getting to know how enormously much he is capable of doing and becoming.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDListen 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.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDHappiness is the greatest hiding place for despair.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDWhat 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 KIERKEGAARDWhat labels me, negates me.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDThe task must be made difficult, for only the difficult inspires the noble-hearted.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDLife is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDLife can only be understood backward, but it must be lived forwards.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDHope is a passion for the possible.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDThe 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 KIERKEGAARDIn my great melancholy, I loved life, for I love my melancholy.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDAnxiety is the dizziness of freedom.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDLeap of faith – yes, but only after reflection
SOREN KIERKEGAARDTake away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDDon’t forget to love yourself.
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