“I begin with the principle that all men are bores. Surely no one will prove himself so great a bore as to contradict me in this.”
— Soren Kierkegaard
Author: Soren Kierkegaard
Category: men
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Take away paradox from the thinker and
“Take away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor.”
— Soren Kierkegaard
Author: Soren Kierkegaard
Category: teacher
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The highest and most beautiful things in
“The highest and most beautiful things in life are not to be heard about, nor read about, nor seen but, if one will, are to be lived.”
— Soren Kierkegaard
Author: Soren Kierkegaard
Category: life
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Life has its own hidden forces which
“Life has its own hidden forces which you can only discover by living.”
— Soren Kierkegaard
Author: Soren Kierkegaard
Category: life
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Old age realizes the dreams of youth:
“Old age realizes the dreams of youth: look at Dean Swift; in his youth he built an asylum for the insane, in his old age he was himself an inmate.”
— Soren Kierkegaard
Author: Soren Kierkegaard
Category: age
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Life can only be understood backwards; but
“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.”
— Soren Kierkegaard
Author: Soren Kierkegaard
Category: experience
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How absurd men are! They never use
“How absurd men are! They never use the liberties they have, they demand those they do not have. They have freedom of thought, they demand freedom of speech.”
— Soren Kierkegaard
Author: Soren Kierkegaard
Category: men
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Our life always expresses the result of
“Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts.”
— Soren Kierkegaard
Author: Soren Kierkegaard
Category: life
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I begin with the principle that all
“I begin with the principle that all men are bores. Surely no one will prove himself so great a bore as to contradict me in this.”
— Soren Kierkegaard
Author: Soren Kierkegaard
Category: great
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If I am capable of grasping God
“If I am capable of grasping God objectively, I do not believe, but precisely because I cannot do this I must believe.”
— Soren Kierkegaard
Author: Soren Kierkegaard
Category: god
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Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless
“Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it.”
— Soren Kierkegaard
Author: Soren Kierkegaard
Category: men
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