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Talent warms-up the given (as they say in cookery) and makes it apparent genius brings something new. But our time lets talent pass for genius. They want to abolish the genius, deify the genius, and let talent forge ahead.
Soren Kierkegaard
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Soren Kierkegaard
Age: 42 †
Born: 1813
Born: January 1
Died: 1855
Died: January 1
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Irony is the birth-pangs of the objective mind (based upon the misrelationship, discovered by the I , between existence and the idea of existence). Humor is the birth -pangs of the absolute mind (based upon the misrelationship, discovered by the I , between the I and the idea of the I .
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People generally think that it is the world, the environment, external relationships, which stand in one's way, in the way of ones' good fortune... and at bottom it is always man himself that stands in his own way.
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It is so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey.
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With respect to physical existence, one needs little, and to the degree that one needs less, the more perfect one is.
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Geniuses are like thunderstorms: they go against the wind, terrify people, clear the air.
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Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts.
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This age will die not as a result of some evil, but from a lack of passion.
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