"The gods were bored and so they created……" — Soren Kierkegaard
"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, and increased in proportion to the increase in population. Adam was bored alone, then Adam and Eve were bored together; them Adam and Eve and Cain and Abel were bored en famille; then the population of the world increased, and the people were bored en masse."
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Soren Kierkegaard
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358 Quotes by Soren Kierkegaard
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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".
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The conclusions of passion are the only reliable ones.
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Teach me, 0 God, not to torture myself, not to make a martyr out of myself through stifling reflection, but…
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What our age lacks is not reflection, but passion.
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