Søren Kierkegaard quotes - page 5

What if everything in the world were a misunderstanding, what if laughter were really tears? (Søren Kierkegaard)
To venture causes anxiety, but not to venture is to lose one's self.... And to venture in the highest is precisely to be conscious of one's self. View quote
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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. View quote
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If anyone on the verge of action should judge himself according to the outcome, he would never begin. View quote
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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. View quote
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It is impossible to exist without passion. View quote
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One must not think slightingly of the paradoxical...for the paradox is the source of the thinker's passion, and the thinker without a paradox is like a lover without feeling: a paltry mediocrity. View quote
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The self-assured believer is a greater sinner in the eyes of God than the troubled disbeliever. View quote
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On the secretly blushing cheek is reflected the glow of the heart. View quote
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Leap of faith – yes, but only after reflection. View quote
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It is very important in life to know when your cue comes. (Søren Kierkegaard)
I stick my finger into existence and it smells of nothing. View quote
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The thing is to understand myself: the thing is to find a truth which is true for me, to find the idea for which I can live and die. That is what I now recognize as the most important thing. View quote
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My sorrow is my castle. View quote
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I have only one friend, and that is echo. Why is it my friend? Because I love my sorrow, and echo does not take it away from me. I have only one confidant, and that is the silence of night. Why is it my confidant? Because it remains silent. View quote
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Therefore do not deceive yourself! Of all deceivers fear most yourself! View quote
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Once you are born in this world you're old enough to die. View quote
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The self is a relation which relates itself to its own self, or it is that in the relation that the relation relates itself to its own self; the self is not the relation but that the relation relates itself to its own self. View quote
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My melancholy is the most faithful sweetheart I have had. View quote
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The task must be made difficult, for only the difficult inspires the noble-hearted. View quote
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My standpoint is armed neutrality. (Søren Kierkegaard)
If you want to be loathsome to God, just run with the herd. View quote
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The present state of the world and the whole of life is diseased. If I were a doctor and were asked for my advice, I should reply, 'Create silence'. View quote
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In my great melancholy, I loved life, for I love my melancholy. View quote
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Your own tactic is to train yourself in the art of becoming enigmatic to everybody. My young friend, suppose there was no one who troubld himself to guess your riddle--what joy, then, would you have in it? View quote
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