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In a mathematical proposition, for example, the objectivity is given, but therefore its truth is also an indifferent truth.
Soren Kierkegaard
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Soren Kierkegaard
Age: 42 †
Born: 1813
Born: January 1
Died: 1855
Died: January 1
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Certainty... lurks at the door of faith and threatens to devour it.
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Seek first God's Kingdom, that is, become like the lilies and the birds, become perfectly silent - then shall the rest be added unto you.
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The wisdom of the years is confusing. Only the wisdom of eternity is edifying.
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The only analogy I have before me is Socrates. My task is a Socratic task, to revise the definition of what it is to be a Christian. For my part I do not call myself a Christian (thus keeping the ideal free), but I am able to make it evident that the others are still less than I.
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to have faith is precisely to lose one's mind so as to win God.
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The more a person limits himself, the more resourceful he becomes.
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Leap of faith – yes, but only after reflection
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In order to help another effectively, I must understand what he understands. If I do not know that, my greater understanding will be of no help to him... instruction begins when you put yourself in his place so that you may understand what he understands and in the way he understands it.
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It is not where we breathe, but where we Love, that we live.
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Men think that it is impossible for a human being to love his enemies, for enemies are hardly able to endure the sight of one another. Well, then, shut your eyes--and your enemy looks just like your neighbor.
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