There are, as is known, insects that die in the moment of fertilization. So it is with all joy: life's highest, most splendid moment of enjoyment is accompanied by death.

Quote by Soren Kierkegaard

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The more a man can forget, the greater the number of metamorphoses which his life...

The more a man can forget, the greater the number of metamorphoses which his life...

Don't forget to love yourself.

Don't forget to love yourself.

Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts.

Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts.

Only when it is a duty to love, only then is love eternally and happily...

Only when it is a duty to love, only then is love eternally and happily...

There is peace and rest and comfort in sorrow

There is peace and rest and comfort in sorrow

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...

The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature...

The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature...

People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they...

People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they...

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

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

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.

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;...

Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts.

Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts.

One can advise comfortably from a safe port.

One can advise comfortably from a safe port.

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...

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...

Love does not alter the beloved, it alters itself.

Love does not alter the beloved, it alters itself.

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

At the bottom of enmity between strangers lies indifference.

At the bottom of enmity between strangers lies indifference.

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...

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...