What is a poet? An unhappy person who conceals profound anguish in his heart but whose lips are so formed that as sighs and cries pass over them they sound like beautiful music.

Quote by Soren Kierkegaard

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Don't forget to love yourself.

Don't forget to love yourself.

Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness.

Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness.

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...

At the bottom of enmity between strangers lies indifference.

At the bottom of enmity between strangers lies indifference.

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...

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 peace and rest and comfort in sorrow

There is peace and rest and comfort in sorrow

What kind of power is it that dares intrude between me and my bride, the...

What kind of power is it that dares intrude between me and my bride, the...

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.

Love does not alter the beloved, it alters itself.

Love does not alter the beloved, it alters itself.

The highest and most beautiful things in life are not to be heard about, nor...

The highest and most beautiful things in life are not to be heard about, nor...

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...

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...

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...

What our age lacks is not reflection, but passion.

What our age lacks is not reflection, but passion.

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 all, it gives all, and it takes all.

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

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 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...

Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.

Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.