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Many of us pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that we hurry past it.

Soren Kierkegaard

It is the duty of the human understanding to understand that there are things which it cannot understand.
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Deep Human 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
Hope is a passion for the possible.
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Hope One Liner Passion Possible
What labels me, negates me.
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Myself One Liner
It 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.
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Equality Interest Life Myself Philosophy
It is very important in life to know when your cue comes.
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Life Yourself
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
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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Advice Friendship Honest Possible Regret Situation
Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.
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Experience Life Problem Reality
What if everything in the world were a misunderstanding, what if laughter were really tears?
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Deep Laughter Philosophy Tears World
The self-assured believer is a greater sinner in the eyes of God than the troubled disbeliever.
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Believe Eyes God Great Philosophy Religion Sin Trouble
Above all, do not lose your desire to walk.
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Desire Lose One Liner Speak
Therefore do not deceive yourself! Of all deceivers fear most yourself!
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Fear Yourself
It is so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey.
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Believe Hard One Liner
The task must be made difficult, for only the difficult inspires the noble-hearted.
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Difficult Heart Inspirational
Now, with God’s help, I shall become myself.
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God Myself One Liner Spiritual
Leap of faith – yes, but only after reflection
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Faith One Liner Reflection
Boredom is the root of all evil.
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Evil One Liner
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
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
There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.
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Believe Philosophy True Way
The proud person always wants to do the right thing, the great thing. But because he wants to do it in his own strength, he is fighting not with man, but with God.
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Fight God Great Person Proud Right Strength
Take away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor.
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Deep Think
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
What 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.
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Cry Deep Happiness Heart Hide Lips Man Music Philosophy Poet Sound
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
Don’t forget to love yourself.
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One Liner Self Love Yourself

Many of us pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that we hurry past it.

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