“Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.”
— Soren Kierkegaard
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Category: religion
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Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.
“Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.”
— Soren Kierkegaard
Author: Soren Kierkegaard
Category: freedom
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What is a poet? An unhappy person
“What is a poet? An unhappy person who conceals profound anguish in his heart but whose lips are so formed that as sighs and cries pass over them they sound like beautiful music.”
— Soren Kierkegaard
Author: Soren Kierkegaard
Category: music
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Marriage brings one into fatal connection with
“Marriage brings one into fatal connection with custom and tradition, and traditions and customs are like the wind and weather, altogether incalculable.”
— Soren Kierkegaard
Author: Soren Kierkegaard
Category: marriage
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People demand freedom of speech as a
“People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.”
— Soren Kierkegaard
Author: Soren Kierkegaard
Category: freedom
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Prayer does not change God, but it
“Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.”
— Soren Kierkegaard
Author: Soren Kierkegaard
Category: god
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Just as in earthly life lovers long
“Just as in earthly life lovers long for the moment when they are able to breathe forth their love for each other, to let their souls blend in a soft whisper, so the mystic longs for the moment when in prayer he can, as it were, creep into God.”
— Soren Kierkegaard
Author: Soren Kierkegaard
Category: god
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Prayer does not change God, but it
“Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.”
— Soren Kierkegaard
Author: Soren Kierkegaard
Category: change
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A man who as a physical being
“A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him.”
— Soren Kierkegaard
Author: Soren Kierkegaard
Category: happiness
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God creates out of nothing. Wonderful you
“God creates out of nothing. Wonderful you say. Yes, to be sure, but he does what is still more wonderful: he makes saints out of sinners.”
— Soren Kierkegaard
Author: Soren Kierkegaard
Category: god
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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: freedom
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