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I go fishing for a thousand monsters in the depths of my own self

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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".
Nowadays not even a suicide kills himself in desperation. Before taking the step he deliberates so long and so carefully that he…
Instruction begins when you, the teacher, learn from the learner; put yourself in his place so that you may understand . .…
It is the duty of the human understanding to understand that there are things which it cannot understand, and what those things…
I divide my time as follows: half the time I sleep, the other half I dream. I never dream when I sleep,…
Most people live dejectedly in worldly joys or sorrows. They sit on the sidelines and do not join the dance.
Learning to know anxiety is an adventure which every man has to affront if he would not go to perdition either by…
The conclusions of passion are the only reliable ones.
To stand on one leg and prove God's existence is a very different thing from going down on one's knees and thanking…
People generally think that it is the world, the environment, external relationships, which stand in one's way, in the way of ones'…
Teach me, 0 God, not to torture myself, not to make a martyr out of myself through stifling reflection, but rather teach…
What our age lacks is not reflection, but passion.

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I go fishing for a thousand monsters in the depths of my own self — Soren Kierkegaard

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