Why bother remembering a past that cannot be made into a present?
SOREN KIERKEGAARDWhy bother remembering a past that cannot be made into a present?
SOREN KIERKEGAARDMany of us pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that we hurry past it.
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 KIERKEGAARDThe function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDIt is impossible to exist without passion.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDWhat labels me, negates me.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDFor he who loves God without faith reflects on himself, while the person who loves God in faith reflects on God.”
SOREN KIERKEGAARDThe 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.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDMy sorrow is my castle.
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 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 KIERKEGAARDI stick my finger into existence and it smells of nothing.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDPeople demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
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 KIERKEGAARDThe most painful state of being is remembering the future, particularly the one you’ll never have.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDMy standpoint is armed neutrality.
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