People understand me so poorly that they don’t even understand my complaint about them not understanding me.
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People understand me so poorly that they don’t even understand my complaint about them not understanding me.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDI 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.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDDon’t forget to love yourself.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDThe task must be made difficult, for only the difficult inspires the noble-hearted.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDAnd this is one of the most crucial definitions for the whole of Christianity; that the opposite of sin is not virtue but faith.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDIt 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.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDI stick my finger into existence and it smells of nothing.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDFor he who loves God without faith reflects on himself, while the person who loves God in faith reflects on God.”
SOREN KIERKEGAARDTruth 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.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDHope is a passion for the possible.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDBoredom is the root of all evil.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDTake away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDIt is impossible to exist without passion.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDIt is perfectly true, as philosophers say, that life must be understood backwards. But they forget the other proposition, that it must be lived forwards.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDMy melancholy is the most faithful sweetheart I have had.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDHappiness is the greatest hiding place for despair.
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