"Truth always rests with the minority, and the……" — Soren Kierkegaard
"Truth always rests with the minority, and the minority is always stronger than the majority, because the minority is generally formed by those who really have an opinion, while the strength of a majority is illusory, formed by the gangs who have no opinion — and who, therefore, in the next instant (when it is evident that the minority is the stronger) assume its opinion… while truth again reverts to a new minority."
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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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