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Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.

Soren Kierkegaard

Life can only be understood backward, but it must be lived forwards.
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Life Live Philosophy Understand
It is perfectly true, as philosophers say, that life must be understood backwards. But they forget the other proposition, that it must be lived forwards.
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Deep Forget Life Live Philosophy True Understand
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
My melancholy is the most faithful mistress I have known; what wonder, then, that I love her in return.
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Faith Love Relationship
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 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.
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Act Action Deep Easy Religious Understand
Above all, do not lose your desire to walk.
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Desire Lose One Liner Speak
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
I am convinced that God is love.
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Convince God Love One Liner Spiritual
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
Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.
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Change Fact Philosophy Yourself
In the secretly blushing cheek is reflected the glow of the heart.
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Happiness Heart Reflection Romantic Secret
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
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
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

Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.

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