I feel as if I were a piece in a game of chess, when my opponent says of it: That piece cannot be moved.

Quote by Soren Kierkegaard

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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...

It is so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey.

It is so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey.

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...

Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts.

Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts.

Concepts, like individuals, have their histories and are just as incapable of withstanding the ravages...

Concepts, like individuals, have their histories and are just as incapable of withstanding the ravages...

At the bottom of enmity between strangers lies indifference.

At the bottom of enmity between strangers lies indifference.

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...

Take it and return it: the kiss of love

Take it and return it: the kiss of love

Love keeps the cold out better than a cloak.

Love keeps the cold out better than a cloak.

The present generation, wearied by its chimerical efforts, relapses into complete indolence. Its condition is...

The present generation, wearied by its chimerical efforts, relapses into complete indolence. Its condition is...

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...

Don't forget to love yourself.

Don't forget to love yourself.

I begin with the principle that all men are bores. Surely no one will prove...

I begin with the principle that all men are bores. Surely no one will prove...

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...

Since my earliest childhood a barb of sorrow has lodged in my heart. As long...

Since my earliest childhood a barb of sorrow has lodged in my heart. As long...

Far from idleness being the root of all evil, it is rather the only true...

Far from idleness being the root of all evil, it is rather the only true...

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...

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.

It is man that makes truth great, not truth that makes man great

It is man that makes truth great, not truth that makes man great

Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect...

Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect...