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• Listen to the cry of a woman in labor at the hour of giving birth - look at the dying man's struggle at his last extremity, and then tell me whether something that begins and ends thus could be intended for enjoyment.

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  Death, Struggle, Men

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• The greatest hazard of all, losing one’s self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all. No other loss can occur so quietly; any other loss - an arm, a leg, five dollars, a wife, etc. - is sure to be noticed.

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  Loss, Self, Wife

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• In the eyes of God, the infinite spirit, all the millions that have lived and now live do not make a crowd. He only sees each individual

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  Eye, Crowds, Spirit

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• My melancholy is the most faithful sweetheart I have had.

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  Faithful, Melancholy, Sweetheart

  "Either/Or". Book by Søren Kierkegaard, translated in "Bulletin: Comparative literature series", Nr. 3, Texas University (1912), p. 43, 1843.

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• ... the more one needs God the more perfect he is. To need God is nothing to be ashamed of but is perfection itself. It is the saddest thing in the world if a human being goes through life without discovering that he needs God!

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  Christian, Perfect, Needs

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• This is what is sad when one contemplates human life, that so many live out their lives in quiet lostness...they live, as it were, away from themselves and vanish like shadows. Their immortal souls are blown away, and they are not disquieted by the question of its immortality, because they are already disintegrated before they die.

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  Life, Soul, Shadow

  "Either/Or" by Soren Kierkegaard, ‎Howard Vincent Hong, ‎Edna Hatlestad Hong, Princeton University Press, Vol. 1, (p. 168), 2013.

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• Happiness is the greatest hiding place for despair.

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  Despair, Hiding, Hiding Place

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• I must find a truth that is true for me.

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  Happiness, Success

  Letter to Peter Wilhelm Lund, August 31, 1835.

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• To Dare is to risk losing your foothold for a moment, Not to Dare is to risk losing yourself.

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  Risk, Losing, Moments

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• People have an idea that the preacher is an actor on a stage and they are the critics, blaming or praising him. What they don't know is that they are the actors on the stage; he (the preacher) is merely the prompter standing in the wings, reminding them of their lost lines.

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  Wings, Ideas, People

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• The wisdom of the years is confusing. Only the wisdom of eternity is edifying.

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  Years, Confusing, Eternity

  Soren Kierkegaard (2013). “The Wisdom of Kierkegaard”, p.94, Simon and Schuster

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• A possibility is a hint from God. One must follow it.

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  Vision, Hints, Possibility

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• We live as if we were unaware of our impending destruction

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  Destruction, Ifs

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• On the whole, the longing for solitude is a sign that there still is spirit in a person and is a measure of what spirit there is.

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  Solitude, Spirit, Longing

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• Comparison is the most dangerous acquaintance love can make.

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  Dangerous, Acquaintance, Discernment

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• If anyone on the verge of action should judge himself according to the outcome, he would never begin.

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  Judging, Outcomes, Action

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• Love is all, it gives all, and it takes all.

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  Love, Giving, Unconditional

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• Let others mock at you, oppose you, when you are under the influence of any passion; do not be in the least offended with those who mock at or oppose you, for they do you good; crucify your self-love and acknowledge the wrong, the error of your heart. But have the deepest pity for those who mock at words and works of faith and piety, of righteousness; for those who oppose the good which you are doing... God preserve you - getting exasperated at them.

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  Christian, Passion, Heart

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• ...he who always hopes for the best becomes old, deceived by life, and he who is always prepared for the worst becomes old prematurely; but he who has faith, retains eternal youth.

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  Have Faith, Youth, Hoping For The Best

  Soren Kierkegaard (2005). “Fear and Trembling”, p.21, Penguin UK

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• Take away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor.

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  Inspirational, Life, Teacher

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• Christ has not only spoken to us by his life but has also spoken for us by his death.

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  Easter, Christ, Funny Easter

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• When you read God's Word, you must constantly be saying to yourself, "It is talking to me, and about me".

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  Bible, Biblical, Talking

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• The God that can be named is not God.

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• Don't forget to love yourself.

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  Love, Positive, Compassion

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• Christianity demands the crucifixion of the intellect.

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  Atheism, Demand, Christianity

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