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Soren Kierkegaard Quotes
Danish - Philosopher May 5, 1813 - November 11, 1855

People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
Soren Kierkegaard

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.
Soren Kierkegaard

Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts.
Soren Kierkegaard

The highest and most beautiful things in life are not to be heard about, nor read about, nor seen but, if one will, are to be lived.
Soren Kierkegaard

A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him.
Soren Kierkegaard

Life has its own hidden forces which you can only discover by living.
Soren Kierkegaard

The more a man can forget, the greater the number of metamorphoses which his life can undergo; the more he can remember, the more divine his life becomes.
Soren Kierkegaard

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anneliese32
6 years ago
Don, you played second fiddle today, the space launch from Vandenberg came first.

Besides a fond memory of an all night session about Kierkegaard long time ago, the first quote is one of my all time favorite.
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