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«The difference between a man who faces death for the sake of an idea and an imitator who goes in search of martyrdom is that whilst the former expresses his idea most fully in death it is the strange feeling of bitterness which comes from failure that the latter really enjoys; the former rejoices in his victory, the latter in his suffering.»
Author: Soren Kierkegaard
(Philosopher, Theologian)
| Keywords:
bitterness, enjoys, expresses, express feelings, former, imitator, imitators, In Search Of, martyrdom, rejoices, The Strange
«Just as in earthly life lovers long for the moment when they are able to breathe forth their love for each other, to let their souls blend in a soft whisper, so the mystic longs for the moment when in prayer he can, as it were, creep into God.»
Author: Soren Kierkegaard
(Philosopher, Theologian)
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Lovers
| Keywords:
as it were, blend, blending, blends, blend in, breathe, creep, earthly, earthly life, for the moment, longs, mystic, mystics, whisper
«How ironical that it is by means of speech that man can degrade himself below the level of dumb creation -- for a chatterbox is truly of a lower category than a dumb creature.»
Author: Soren Kierkegaard
(Philosopher, Theologian)
| Keywords:
category, Category As, chatterbox, degrade, dumb, in the same category, ironical, lower
«To cheat oneself out of love is the most terrible deception; it is an eternal loss for which there is no reparation, either in time or in eternity»
Author: Soren Kierkegaard
(Philosopher, Theologian)
| About:
Cheating,
Love
| Keywords:
cheat, deception, in time, loss, Out of Love, reparation
«The present generation, wearied by its chimerical efforts, relapses into complete indolence. Its condition is that of a man who has only fallen asleep towards morning: first of all come great dreams, then a feeling of laziness, and finally a witty or clever excuse for remaining in bed.»
Author: Soren Kierkegaard
(Philosopher, Theologian)
| Keywords:
asleep, chimerical, fall asleep, first of all, indolence, laziness, relapse, relapses, remaining, wearied, witty
«Don't forget to love yourself.»
«Marriage brings one into fatal connection with custom and tradition, and traditions and customs are like the wind and weather, altogether incalculable.»
Author: Soren Kierkegaard
(Philosopher, Theologian)
| Keywords:
altogether, connection, custom, customs, fatal, incalculable, tradition, Traditions, weather
«Not just in commerce but in the world of ideas too our age is putting on a veritable clearance sale. Everything can be had so dirt cheap that one begins to wonder whether in the end anyone will want to make a bid.»
Author: Soren Kierkegaard
(Philosopher, Theologian)
| About:
Commerce,
Ideas
| Keywords:
bid, cheap, clearance, clearance sale, commerce, dirt, dirt cheap, just in, sale, veritable, wander
«There is peace and rest and comfort in sorrow»
«Spiritual superiority only sees the individual. But alas, ordinarily we human beings are sensual and, therefore, as soon as it is a gathering, the impression changes -- we see something abstract, the crowd, and we become different. But in the eyes of God, the infinite spirit, all the millions that have lived and now live do not make a crowd, He only sees each individual.»
Author: Soren Kierkegaard
(Philosopher, Theologian)
| Keywords:
abstract, alas, crowd, gathering, gatherings, Gathering The, Human eye, impression, millions, ordinarily, sensual, superiority, The Crowd
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