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Soren Kierkegaard Quotes

Just as in earthly life lovers long for the moment when they are able to breathe forth their love for each other, to let their souls blend in a soft whisper, so the mystic longs for the moment when in prayer he can, as it were, creep into God.
Soren Kierkegaard

Biography

Author Profession: Philosopher
Nationality: Danish
Born: May 5, 1813
Died: November 11, 1855

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Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.
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Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.
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Don't forget to love yourself.
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Love is all, it gives all, and it takes all.
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Boredom is the root of all evil - the despairing refusal to be oneself.
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Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.
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Be that self which one truly is.
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Able, Blend, Breathe, Creep, Each, Earthly, Forth, God, Into, Just, Life, Long, Longs, Love, Lovers, Moment, Mystic, Other, Prayer, Soft, Souls, Their, Were, Whisper

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Able, Blend, Breathe, Creep, Each, Earthly, Forth, God, Into, Just, Life, Long, Love, Moment, Mystic, Other, Prayer, Soft, Their, Were, Whisper