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Small: One can advise comfortably from a safe port
Søren Kierkegaard
"One can advise comfortably from a safe port"
Søren Kierkegaard, Philosopher
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Small: Old age realizes the dreams of youth: look at Dean Swift in his youth he built an asylum for the insane, in hi
Søren Kierkegaard
"Old age realizes the dreams of youth: look at Dean Swift; in his youth he built an asylum for the insane, in his old age he was himself an inmate"
Søren Kierkegaard, Philosopher
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Small: People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use
Søren Kierkegaard
"People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use"
Søren Kierkegaard, Philosopher
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Small: To dare is to lose ones footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself
Søren Kierkegaard
"To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself"
Søren Kierkegaard, Philosopher
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Small: There are, as is known, insects that die in the moment of fertilization. So it is with all joy: lifes highest,
Søren Kierkegaard
"There are, as is known, insects that die in the moment of fertilization. So it is with all joy: life's highest, most splendid moment of enjoyment is accompanied by death"
Søren Kierkegaard, Philosopher
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Small: People commonly travel the world over to see rivers and mountains, new stars, garish birds, freak fish, grotes
Søren Kierkegaard
"People commonly travel the world over to see rivers and mountains, new stars, garish birds, freak fish, grotesque breeds of human; they fall into an animal stupor that gapes at existence and they think they have seen something"
Søren Kierkegaard, Philosopher
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Small: It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is most significant and i
Søren Kierkegaard
"It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is most significant and important"
Søren Kierkegaard, Philosopher
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Small: The paradox is really the pathos of intellectual life and just as only great souls are exposed to passions it
Søren Kierkegaard
"The paradox is really the pathos of intellectual life and just as only great souls are exposed to passions it is only the great thinker who is exposed to what I call paradoxes, which are nothing else than grandiose thoughts in embryo"
Søren Kierkegaard, Philosopher
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Small: The highest and most beautiful things in life are not to be heard about, nor read about, nor seen but, if one
Søren Kierkegaard
"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"
Søren Kierkegaard, Philosopher
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Small: Take away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor
Søren Kierkegaard
"Take away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor"
Søren Kierkegaard, Philosopher
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Small: Since my earliest childhood a barb of sorrow has lodged in my heart. As long as it stays I am ironic if it is
Søren Kierkegaard
"Since my earliest childhood a barb of sorrow has lodged in my heart. As long as it stays I am ironic if it is pulled out I shall die"
Søren Kierkegaard, Philosopher
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Small: Since boredom advances and boredom is the root of all evil, no wonder, then, that the world goes backwards, th
Søren Kierkegaard
"Since boredom advances and boredom is the root of all evil, no wonder, then, that the world goes backwards, that evil spreads. This can be traced back to the very beginning of the world. The gods were bored; therefore they created human beings"
Søren Kierkegaard, Philosopher
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Small: Purity of heart is to will one thing
Søren Kierkegaard
"Purity of heart is to will one thing"
Søren Kierkegaard, Philosopher
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Small: Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays
Søren Kierkegaard
"Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays"
Søren Kierkegaard, Philosopher
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Small: Personality is only ripe when a man has made the truth his own
Søren Kierkegaard
"Personality is only ripe when a man has made the truth his own"
Søren Kierkegaard, Philosopher
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Small: Marriage brings one into fatal connection with custom and tradition, and traditions and customs are like the w
Søren Kierkegaard
"Marriage brings one into fatal connection with custom and tradition, and traditions and customs are like the wind and weather, altogether incalculable"
Søren Kierkegaard, Philosopher
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Small: Love is all, it gives all, and it takes all
Søren Kierkegaard
"Love is all, it gives all, and it takes all"
Søren Kierkegaard, Philosopher
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Small: Love does not alter the beloved, it alters itself
Søren Kierkegaard
"Love does not alter the beloved, it alters itself"
Søren Kierkegaard, Philosopher
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Small: Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced
Søren Kierkegaard
"Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced"
Søren Kierkegaard, Philosopher
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Small: Life has its own hidden forces which you can only discover by living
Søren Kierkegaard
"Life has its own hidden forces which you can only discover by living"
Søren Kierkegaard, Philosopher
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Small: Just as in earthly life lovers long for the moment when they are able to breathe forth their love for each oth
Søren Kierkegaard
"Just as in earthly life lovers long for the moment when they are able to breathe forth their love for each other, to let their souls blend in a soft whisper, so the mystic longs for the moment when in prayer he can, as it were, creep into God"
Søren Kierkegaard, Philosopher
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Small: It is so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey
Søren Kierkegaard
"It is so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey"
Søren Kierkegaard, Philosopher
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Small: It belongs to the imperfection of everything human that man can only attain his desire by passing through its
Søren Kierkegaard
"It belongs to the imperfection of everything human that man can only attain his desire by passing through its opposite"
Søren Kierkegaard, Philosopher
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Small: If I am capable of grasping God objectively, I do not believe, but precisely because I cannot do this I must b
Søren Kierkegaard
"If I am capable of grasping God objectively, I do not believe, but precisely because I cannot do this I must believe"
Søren Kierkegaard, Philosopher
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Small: I see it all perfectly there are two possible situations - one can either do this or that. My honest opinion a
Søren Kierkegaard
"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"
Søren Kierkegaard, Philosopher
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Small: I begin with the principle that all men are bores. Surely no one will prove himself so great a bore as to cont
Søren Kierkegaard
"I begin with the principle that all men are bores. Surely no one will prove himself so great a bore as to contradict me in this"
Søren Kierkegaard, Philosopher
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Small: God creates out of nothing. Wonderful you say. Yes, to be sure, but he does what is still more wonderful: he m
Søren Kierkegaard
"God creates out of nothing. Wonderful you say. Yes, to be sure, but he does what is still more wonderful: he makes saints out of sinners"
Søren Kierkegaard, Philosopher
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Small: Far from idleness being the root of all evil, it is rather the only true good
Søren Kierkegaard
"Far from idleness being the root of all evil, it is rather the only true good"
Søren Kierkegaard, Philosopher
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Small: Faith is the highest passion in a human being. Many in every generation may not come that far, but none comes
Søren Kierkegaard
"Faith is the highest passion in a human being. Many in every generation may not come that far, but none comes further"
Søren Kierkegaard, Philosopher
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Small: Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are
Søren Kierkegaard
"Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are"
Søren Kierkegaard, Philosopher
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Small: During the first period of a mans life the greatest danger is not to take the risk
Søren Kierkegaard
"During the first period of a man's life the greatest danger is not to take the risk"
Søren Kierkegaard, Philosopher
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Small: Concepts, like individuals, have their histories and are just as incapable of withstanding the ravages of time
Søren Kierkegaard
"Concepts, like individuals, have their histories and are just as incapable of withstanding the ravages of time as are individuals. But in and through all this they retain a kind of homesickness for the scenes of their childhood"
Søren Kierkegaard, Philosopher
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Small: Boredom is the root of all evil - the despairing refusal to be oneself
Søren Kierkegaard
"Boredom is the root of all evil - the despairing refusal to be oneself"
Søren Kierkegaard, Philosopher
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Small: Because of its tremendous solemnity death is the light in which great passions, both good and bad, become tran
Søren Kierkegaard
"Because of its tremendous solemnity death is the light in which great passions, both good and bad, become transparent, no longer limited by outward appearences"
Søren Kierkegaard, Philosopher
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Small: Be that self which one truly is
Søren Kierkegaard
"Be that self which one truly is"
Søren Kierkegaard, Philosopher
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Small: Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom
Søren Kierkegaard
"Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom"
Søren Kierkegaard, Philosopher
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Small: A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside hi
Søren Kierkegaard
"A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him"
Søren Kierkegaard, Philosopher
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Small: The beautiful is what gives joy without concept
H. C. Andersen
"The beautiful is what gives joy without concept"
H. C. Andersen, Writer
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Small: Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale
H. C. Andersen
"Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale"
H. C. Andersen, Writer
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Small: To be of use in the world is the only way to happiness
H. C. Andersen
"To be of use in the world is the only way to happiness"
H. C. Andersen, Writer
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