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Irony is a disciplinarian feared only by those who do not know it, but cherished by those who do
Soren Kierkegaard
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Soren Kierkegaard
Age: 42 †
Born: 1813
Born: January 1
Died: 1855
Died: January 1
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To venture causes anxiety. Not to venture is to lose oneself.
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The self-assured believer is a greater sinner in the eyes of God than the troubled disbeliever.
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Silence is the demon's trap, and the more one is silenced, the more terrible the demon but silence is also the divinity's mutual understanding with the single individual.
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Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.
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Men are not on such intimate terms with the sublime that they really can believe in it
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If you think you understand, it isn't God.
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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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The more people who believe something, the more apt it is to be wrong. The person who's right often has to stand alone.
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Just as in the great moment of resignation one does not mediate but chooses, now the task is to gain proficiency in repeating the impassioned choice and, existing, to express it in existence.
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My sorrow is my castle.
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Now, with God's help, I shall become myself.
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I do not lack the courage to think a thought whole.
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It is a frightful satire and an epigram on the modern age that the only use it knows for solitude is to make it a punishment, a jail sentence.
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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.
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Genius never desires what does not exist.
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The God that can be named is not God.
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If I am capable of grasping God objectively, I do not believe, but precisely because I cannot do this I must believe.
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Preparation for becoming attentive to Christianity does not consist in reading many books ... but in fuller immersion in existence.
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Busyness, keeping up with others, hustling hither and yon, makes it almost impossible for an individual to form a heart.
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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'.
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