The highest and most beautiful things in life are not to be heard about, nor read about, nor seen but, if one will, are to be lived.

Quote by Soren Kierkegaard

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

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

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...

God creates out of nothing. Wonderful you say. Yes, to be sure, but he does...

God creates out of nothing. Wonderful you say. Yes, to be sure, but he does...

What is a poet? An unhappy person who conceals profound anguish in his heart but...

What is a poet? An unhappy person who conceals profound anguish in his heart but...

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...

The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins.

The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins.

Not just in commerce but in the world of ideas too our age is putting...

Not just in commerce but in the world of ideas too our age is putting...

Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.

Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.

Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.

Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.

Don't forget to love yourself.

Don't forget to love yourself.

The truth is a snare: you cannot have it, without being caught. You cannot have...

The truth is a snare: you cannot have it, without being caught. You cannot have...

People hardly ever make use of the freedom they have, for example, freedom of thought;...

People hardly ever make use of the freedom they have, for example, freedom of thought;...

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

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

The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins

The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins

Irony is a disciplinarian feared only by those who do not know it, but cherished...

Irony is a disciplinarian feared only by those who do not know it, but cherished...

What our age lacks is not reflection, but passion.

What our age lacks is not reflection, but passion.

To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself.

To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself.

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.

You'll find boredom where there is the absence of a good idea

You'll find boredom where there is the absence of a good idea

Love fed fat soon turns to boredom

Love fed fat soon turns to boredom

Our greatest evil flows from ourselves

Our greatest evil flows from ourselves

On the one hand, philosophy is to keep us thinking about things that we may...

On the one hand, philosophy is to keep us thinking about things that we may...