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World Quotes by Soren Kierkegaard
- 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…
- If I were a physician, and if I were allowed to prescribe just one remedy for all the ills of the modern world, I would…
- The gods were bored and so they created man. Adam was bored because he was alone, so Eve was created. Thus boredom entered the world,…
- If I could prescribe only one remedy for all the ills of the modern world, I would prescribe silence.
- The truth must essentially be regarded as in conflict with this world; the world has never been so good, and will never become so good…
- I stick my finger into existence.. it smells of nothing. Where am I? Who am I? What is this thing called the world? What does…
- ... the more one needs God the more perfect he is. To need God is nothing to be ashamed of but is perfection itself. It…
- God is present in the moment of choice, not in order to watch but in order to be chosen. Therefore, each person must choose. Terrible…
- ...it is presumptuous ridicule of God if someone thinks that only the person who desires great wealth chooses mammon. Alas, the person who insists on…
- ...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…
- Do you know of any more overwhelming and humbling expression for God's condescension and extravagance towards us human beings than that He places Himself, so…
- Who am I? How did I come into the world? Why was I not consulted?
- Where am I? Who am I? How did I come to be here? What is this thing called the world?
- Since boredom advances and boredom is the root of all evil, no wonder, then, that the world goes backwards, that evil spreads. This can be…
- People commonly travel the world over to see rivers and mountains, new stars, garish birds, freak fish, grotesque breeds of human; they fall into an…
- It was completely fruitless to quarrel with the world, whereas the quarrel with oneself was occasionally fruitful and always, she had to admit, interesting.
- Not just in commerce but in the world of ideas too our age is putting on a veritable clearance sale. Everything can be had so…
- The greatest hazard of all, losing one’s self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all. No other loss…
- A fire broke out backstage in a theatre. The clown came out to warn the public; they thought it was a joke and applauded. He…
- Every mental act is composed of doubt and belief, but it is belief that is the positive, it is belief that sustains thought and holds…
- If someone who wanted to learn to dance were to say: For centuries, one generation after the other has learned the positions, and it is…
- No, I won't leave the world--I'll enter a lunatic asylum and see if the profundity of insanity reveals to me the riddles of life. Idiot,…
- The daily press is the evil principle of the modern world, and time will only serve to disclose this fact with greater and greater clearness.…
- How did I get into the world? Why was I not asked about it and why was I not informed of the rules and regulations…
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- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- The Third World is not a reality but an ideology. — Hannah Arendt
- The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the… — Hannah Arendt
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. — Aristotle
- No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world. — Aristotle
- It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world. — Aristotle
- Actually I am very glad that people can buy Armani - even if it's a fake. I like the fact that I'm… — Giorgio Armani
- I mean there's enormous pressures to harmonize freedom of speech legislation and transparency legislation around the world - within the E.U., between… — Julian Assange
- I think the responsibility lies with the fashion world as a collective. We have to demand more variety. — Kevyn Aucoin
- Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause of the… — Mahmoud Abbas
- Live never to be ashamed if anything you say or do is published around the world, even if what is said is… — Richard Bach