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The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins. ↗

— Soren Kierkegaard

#dies #his #martyr #over #rule

If I am capable of grasping God objectively, I do not believe, but precisely because I cannot do this I must believe. ↗

— Soren Kierkegaard

#because #believe #cannot #capable #god

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. ↗

— Soren Kierkegaard

#blend #breathe #creep #each #earthly

There is nothing with which every man is so afraid as getting to know how enormously much he is capable of doing and becoming. ↗

— Soren Kierkegaard

#becoming #capable #doing #enormously #every

Far from idleness being the root of all evil, it is rather the only true good. ↗

— Soren Kierkegaard

#evil #far #good #idleness #only

I feel as if I were a piece in a game of chess, when my opponent says of it: That piece cannot be moved. ↗

— Soren Kierkegaard

#chess #feel #game #i #i feel

I lived in a studio apartment until my mid-30s. I don't have an extravagant lifestyle. ↗

— Craig Kilborn

#extravagant #i #lifestyle #lived #studio

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. ↗

— Soren Kierkegaard

#anyone #begins #bid #cheap #clearance

One can advise comfortably from a safe port. ↗

— Soren Kierkegaard

#comfortably #port #safe

For me optimism is two lovers walking into the sunset arm in arm. Or maybe into the sunrise - whatever appeals to you. ↗

— Krzysztof Kieslowski

#arm #into #lovers #maybe #me