Since boredom advances and boredom is the root of all evil, no wonder, then, that the world goes backwards, that evil spreads. This can be traced back to the very beginning of the world. The gods were bored; therefore they created human beings.
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At one time my only wish was to be a police official. It seemed to me to be an occupation for my sleepless intriguing mind. I had the idea that there, among criminals, were people to fight clever, vigorous, crafty fellows. Later I realized that it was good that I did not become one, for most police cases involve misery and wretchedness -- not crimes and scandals.Soren Kierkegaard
Love does not alter the beloved, it alters itself.
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Truth always rests with the minority, and the minority is always stronger than the majority, because the minority is generally formed by those who really have an opinion, while the strength of a majority is illusory, formed by the gangs who have no opinion -- and who, therefore, in the next instant (when it is evident that the minority is the stronger) assume its opinion... while truth again reverts to a new minority.
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What kind of power is it that dares intrude between me and my bride, the bride I myself have chosen and who has chosen me And this power would command her to be true to me does she then need to be so commanded And is she to be true to me only because a third party commands it, one whom she therefore loves more than me
Soren Kierkegaard
Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts.
Soren Kierkegaard
Life must be lived forward, but can only be understood backwards.
Soren Kierkegaard
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