Only when it is a duty to love, only then is love eternally and happily secured against despair.
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Father in Heaven When the thought of thee wakes in our hearts, let it not awaken like a frightened bird that flies about in dismay, but like a child waking from its sleep with a heavenly smile.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.
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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.
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The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.
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People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
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Love is all, it gives all, and it takes all.
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