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

Quote by Soren Kierkegaard

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

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

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...

Adversity draws men together and produces beauty and harmony in lifes relationships, just as the...

Adversity draws men together and produces beauty and harmony in lifes relationships, just as the...

Take away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor.

Take away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor.

Since boredom advances and boredom is the root of all evil, no wonder, then, that...

Since boredom advances and boredom is the root of all evil, no wonder, then, that...

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...

Old age realizes the dreams of youth: look at Dean Swift; in his youth he...

Old age realizes the dreams of youth: look at Dean Swift; in his youth he...

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...

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...

At different states in our lives, the signs of love may vary: dependence, attraction, contentment,...

At different states in our lives, the signs of love may vary: dependence, attraction, contentment,...

Take it and return it: the kiss of love

Take it and return it: the kiss of love

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...

Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.

Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.

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...

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...

Don't forget to love yourself.

Don't forget to love yourself.

Patience is necessary, and one cannot reap immediately where one has sown.

Patience is necessary, and one cannot reap immediately where one has sown.

Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts.

Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts.

Conversation should touch everything, but should concentrate itself on nothing.

Conversation should touch everything, but should concentrate itself on nothing.

We must return optimism to our parenting. To focus on the joys, not the hassles;...

We must return optimism to our parenting. To focus on the joys, not the hassles;...