The more a man can forget, the greater the number of metamorphoses which his life can undergo; the more he can remember, the more divine his life becomes.

Quote by Soren Kierkegaard

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Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you...

Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you...

Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.

Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.

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...

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...

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.

There is nothing with which every man is so afraid as getting to know how...

There is nothing with which every man is so afraid as getting to know how...

There is peace and rest and comfort in sorrow

There is peace and rest and comfort in sorrow

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...

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.

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...

Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.

Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.

A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that...

A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that...

At the bottom of enmity between strangers lies indifference.

At the bottom of enmity between strangers lies indifference.

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 belongs to the imperfection of everything human that man can only attain his desire...

It belongs to the imperfection of everything human that man can only attain his desire...

Faith is the highest passion in a human being. Many in every generation may not...

Faith is the highest passion in a human being. Many in every generation may not...

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

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

Once you label me you negate me.

Once you label me you negate me.

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...

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

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