Søren Kierkegaard quotes
God creates out of nothing. Wonderful you say. Yes, to be sure, but he does what is still more wonderful: he makes saints out of sinners.
There are two possible situations - one can either do this or that. My honest opinion and my friendly advice is this: do it or do not do it - you will regret both.
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 can occur so quietly; any other loss - an arm, a leg, five dollars, a wife, etc. - is sure to be noticed.
People understand me so poorly that they don't even understand my complaint about them not understanding me.
There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.
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The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.
To venture causes anxiety, but not to venture is to lose one's self... And to venture in the highest is precisely to be conscious of one's self.