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 the former expresses his idea most fully in death while the latter really enjoys the bitterness of failure.
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Man is spirit. But what is spirit Spirit is the self. But what is the self The self is a relation which relates itself to its own self or it is that (which accounts for it) that the relation relates itself to its own self the self is not the relation but (consists in the fact) that the relation relates itself to its own self.Søren Aabye Kierkegaard
I divide my time as follows half the time I sleep, the other half I dream. I never dream when I sleep, for that would be a pity, for sleeping is the highest accomplishment of genius.
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There are men who are wanting in the comparative, they as a rule are the most interesting.
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In the New Testament the Savior of the world, our Lord Jesus Christ, represents the situation thus The way that leads to life is straight, the gate narrowfew be they who find itnow, on the contrary, to speak only of Denmark, we are all Christians, the way is as broad as it possibly can be, the broadest in Denmark, since it is the way in which we all are walking, besides being in all respects as convenient, as comfortable, as possible and the gate is as wide as it possibly can be, wider surely a gate cannot be than that through which we all are going en masse.... Ergo the New Testament is no longer truth.
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People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid.
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Talent warms-up the given (as they say in cookery) and makes it apparent genius brings something new. But our time lets talent pass for genius. They want to abolish the genius, deify the genius, and let talent forge ahead.
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