"To stand on one leg and prove God's……" — Soren Kierkegaard
"To stand on one leg and prove God's existence is a very different thing from going down on one's knees and thanking him."
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358 Quotes by Soren Kierkegaard
Soren Kierkegaard has 358 quotes on this site.
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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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Nowadays not even a suicide kills himself in desperation. Before taking the step he deliberates so long and so carefully…
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Instruction begins when you, the teacher, learn from the learner; put yourself in his place so that you may understand…
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It is the duty of the human understanding to understand that there are things which it cannot understand, and what…
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I divide my time as follows: half the time I sleep, the other half I dream. I never dream when…
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Most people live dejectedly in worldly joys or sorrows. They sit on the sidelines and do not join the dance.
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Learning to know anxiety is an adventure which every man has to affront if he would not go to perdition…
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The conclusions of passion are the only reliable ones.
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People generally think that it is the world, the environment, external relationships, which stand in one's way, in the way…
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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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And this is the simple truth - that to live is to feel oneself lost. He who accepts it has…
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