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«If I am capable of grasping God objectively, I do not believe, but precisely because I cannot do this I must believe.»
Author: Soren Kierkegaard
(Philosopher, Theologian)
| Keywords:
capable, grasping, objectively, precisely
«Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts.»
«Life has its own hidden forces which you can only discover by living.»
«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, but only in such a way that it catches you.»
Author: Soren Kierkegaard
(Philosopher, Theologian)
| About:
Truth
| Keywords:
catch, catches, catch it, caught, snare
«People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.»
Author: Soren Kierkegaard
(Philosopher, Theologian)
| About:
Freedom,
Speech
| Keywords:
compensation, compensations, demand, freedom of speech, freedom of thought, seldom, speech
«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 traced back to the very beginning of the world. The gods were bored; therefore they created human beings.»
Author: Soren Kierkegaard
(Philosopher, Theologian)
| Keywords:
Advances, backwards, bored, boredom, root, spreads, the gods, traced, tracing
«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.»
«Faith is the highest passion in a human being. Many in every generation may not come that far, but none comes further.»
Author: Soren Kierkegaard
(Philosopher, Theologian)
| About:
Faith
| Keywords:
further, generation, highest, human being, may not
«The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins»
Author: Soren Kierkegaard
(Philosopher, Theologian)
| About:
Tyranny
| Keywords:
his rule, martyr, martyred, tyrant
«During the first period of a man's life the greatest danger is not to take the risk.»
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