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For he who loves God without faith reflects on himself, while the person who loves God in faith reflects on God.”

Soren Kierkegaard

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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Beginning Born Cry Death Deep End Enjoyment Man Philosophy Woman
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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Deep Illusion Majority Oppression Politics Strong Truth
Life can only be understood backward, but it must be lived forwards.
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Life Live Philosophy Understand
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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Faith Religion Sin Virtue
The task must be made difficult, for only the difficult inspires the noble-hearted.
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Difficult Heart Inspirational
What is existence for but to be laughed at if men in their twenties have already attained the utmost?
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Exist Laugh Man Philosophy
Hope is a passion for the possible.
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Hope One Liner Passion Possible
People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
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Freedom People Sarcastic
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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Deep Great Loss
I stick my finger into existence and it smells of nothing.
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Deep Existence Fingers Myself Philosophy
It is very important in life to know when your cue comes.
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Life Yourself
In the secretly blushing cheek is reflected the glow of the heart.
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Happiness Heart Reflection Romantic Secret
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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Beautiful Deep Heard High Life Live Read
The most painful state of being is remembering the future, particularly the one you’ll never have.
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Future Pain Remember Yourself
If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of the potential, for the eye which, ever young and ardent, sees the possible.
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Eyes Myself Passion Philosophy Possible Potential Power Wealth
What if everything in the world were a misunderstanding, what if laughter were really tears?
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Deep Laughter Philosophy Tears World

For he who loves God without faith reflects on himself, while the person who loves God in faith reflects on God.”

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