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Way Quotes by Soren Kierkegaard
- Instruction begins when you, the teacher, learn from the learner; put yourself in his place so that you may understand . . . what he…
- People generally think that it is the world, the environment, external relationships, which stand in one's way, in the way of ones' good fortune... and…
- There is something almost cruel about the Christian's being placed in a world which in every way wants to pressure him to do the opposite…
- Boredom rests upon the nothingness that winds its way through existence; its giddiness, like that which comes from gazing down into an infinite abyss, is…
- It is tragic-comic to see that all this knowledge and understanding exercises no power at all over men's lives, that their lives do not express…
- Whoever has learned to be anxious in the right way has learned the ultimate.
- How could it occur to anyone to demonstrate that God exists unless one has already allowed Himself to ignore Him? A king's existence is demonstrated…
- The truth is lived before it is understood. It must be fought for, tested, and appropriated. Truth is the way... Anyone will easily understand it…
- When you say 'Yes' or promise something, you can very easily deceive yourself and others also, as if you had already done what you promised.…
- ...a human being not only can choose but... he must choose... for in this way God retains His honor while at the same time has…
- The individual (no matter how well-meaning he might be, no matter how much strength he might have, if only he would use it) does not…
- When all combine in every way to make everything easier, people will want difficulty. I conceived it as my task to make difficulties everywhere.
- The truth is a snare: you cannot have it, without being caught. You cannot have the truth in such a way that you catch it,…
- There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.
- For the sadness in legitimate humour consists in the fact that honestly and without deceit it reflects in a purely human way upon what it…
- Thus our own age is essentially one of understanding, and on the average, perhaps, more knowledgeable than any former generation, but it is without passion.…
- You love the accidental. A smile from a pretty girl in an interesting situation, a stolen glance, that is what you are hunting for, that…
- In order to help another effectively, I must understand what he understands. If I do not know that, my greater understanding will be of no…
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