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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

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SOREN KIRKEGAARD In 2008, Nokia expects that 3 billion people will be owning a mobile phone, with much of this growth...
SOREN PETERSEN The most painful state of being is remembering the future, particularly the one you'll never have.
SøREN KIERKEGAARD Truth always rests with the minority, and the minority is always stronger than the majority, because...
SøREN KIERKEGAARD The Bible is very easy to understand. But we Christians are a bunch of scheming swindlers. We preten...
SøREN KIERKEGAARD Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.
SøREN KIERKEGAARD People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
SøREN KIERKEGAARD The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays...
SøREN KIERKEGAARD Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.
SøREN KIERKEGAARD Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.
SøREN KIERKEGAARD If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense...
SøREN KIERKEGAARD Many of us pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that we hurry past it.
SøREN KIERKEGAARD Once you label me you negate me.
SøREN KIERKEGAARD Every mental act is composed of doubt and belief,
but it is belief that is the positive, it is ...
SøREN KIERKEGAARD When one has once fully entered the realm of love, the world — no matter how imperfect — becomes...
SøREN KIERKEGAARD Whoever has learned to be anxious in the right way has learned the ultimate.
SøREN KIERKEGAARD I see it all perfectly; there are two possible situations — one can either do this or that. My hon...
SøREN KIERKEGAARD Love is the expression of the one who loves, not of the one who is loved. Those who think they can l...
SøREN KIERKEGAARD The greatest hazard of all, losing one’s self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were ...
SøREN KIERKEGAARD What if everything in the world were a misunderstanding, what if laughter were really tears?
SøREN KIERKEGAARD What is a poet? An unhappy man who hides deep anguish in his heart, but whose lips are so formed tha...
SøREN KIERKEGAARD And this is one of the most crucial definitions for the whole of Christianity; that the opposite of ...
SøREN KIERKEGAARD The more he needs God, the more deeply he comprehends he is in need of God, and then the more he in ...
SøREN KIERKEGAARD The matter is quite simple. The bible is very easy to understand. But we Christians are a bunch of s...
SøREN KIERKEGAARD You love the accidental. A smile from a pretty girl in an interesting situation, a stolen glance, th...
SøREN KIERKEGAARD There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believ...
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