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Where am I? Who am I? How did I come to be here? What is this thing called the world?
Soren Kierkegaard
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Soren Kierkegaard
Age: 42 †
Born: 1813
Born: January 1
Died: 1855
Died: January 1
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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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May new sufferings torment your soul.
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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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I am so fed up and joyless that not only have I nothing to fill my soul, I cannot even conceive of anything that could possibly satisfy it - alas, not even the bliss of heaven.
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