Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.

Quote by Soren Kierkegaard

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How absurd men are! They never use the liberties they have, they demand those they...

How absurd men are! They never use the liberties they have, they demand those they...

If I am capable of grasping God objectively, I do not believe, but precisely because...

If I am capable of grasping God objectively, I do not believe, but precisely because...

The paradox is really the pathos of intellectual life and just as only great souls...

The paradox is really the pathos of intellectual life and just as only great souls...

Listen to the cry of a woman in labor at the hour of giving birth...

Listen to the cry of a woman in labor at the hour of giving birth...

I see it all perfectly; there are two possible situations - one can either do...

I see it all perfectly; there are two possible situations - one can either do...

Take it and return it: the kiss of love

Take it and return it: the kiss of love

Don't forget to love yourself.

Don't forget to love yourself.

Just as in earthly life lovers long for the moment when they are able to...

Just as in earthly life lovers long for the moment when they are able to...

Love is my Sword, Goodness my Armor, And Humor my Shield

Love is my Sword, Goodness my Armor, And Humor my Shield

Trouble is the common denominator of living. It is the great equalizer.

Trouble is the common denominator of living. It is the great equalizer.

It was completely fruitless to quarrel with the world, whereas the quarrel with oneself was...

It was completely fruitless to quarrel with the world, whereas the quarrel with oneself was...

Life has its own hidden forces which you can only discover by living.

Life has its own hidden forces which you can only discover by living.

Personality is only ripe when a man has made the truth his own.

Personality is only ripe when a man has made the truth his own.

To cheat oneself out of love is the most terrible deception; it is an eternal...

To cheat oneself out of love is the most terrible deception; it is an eternal...

Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forward.

Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forward.

Love is all, it gives all, and it takes all.

Love is all, it gives all, and it takes all.

Purity of heart is to will one thing.

Purity of heart is to will one thing.

Life must be understood backwards; but... it must be lived forward.

Life must be understood backwards; but... it must be lived forward.

Be that self which one truly is.

Be that self which one truly is.

Boredom is the root of all evil - the despairing refusal to be oneself.

Boredom is the root of all evil - the despairing refusal to be oneself.