For he who loves God without faith reflects on himself, while the person who loves God in faith reflects on God.”
SOREN KIERKEGAARDHappiness is the greatest hiding place for despair.
More Soren Kierkegaard Quotes
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The task must be made difficult, for only the difficult inspires the noble-hearted.
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My sorrow is my castle.
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How absurd men are! They never use the liberties they have, they demand those they do not have. They have freedom of thought, they demand freedom of speech.
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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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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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Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.
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The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.
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Now, with God’s help, I shall become myself.
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It is impossible to exist without passion.
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My melancholy is the most faithful sweetheart I have had.
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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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The most common form of despair is not being who you are.
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Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.
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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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It is the duty of the human understanding to understand that there are things which it cannot understand.
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