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As my prayer became more attentive and inward, I had less and less to say. I finally became completely silent... This is how it is. To pray does not mean to listen to oneself speaking. Prayer involves becoming silent, and being silent, and waiting until God is heard.

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Prayer, Mean, Waiting

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Nothing is as heady as the wine of possibility

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Wine, Possibility

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If anyone on the verge of action should judge himself according to the outcome, he would never begin.

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Judging, Outcomes, Action

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People have an idea that the preacher is an actor on a stage and they are the critics, blaming or praising him. What they don't know is that they are the actors on the stage; he (the preacher) is merely the prompter standing in the wings, reminding them of their lost lines.

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Wings, Ideas, People

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This is what is sad when one contemplates human life, that so many live out their lives in quiet lostness...they live, as it were, away from themselves and vanish like shadows. Their immortal souls are blown away, and they are not disquieted by the question of its immortality, because they are already disintegrated before they die.

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Life, Soul, Shadow

"Either/Or" by Soren Kierkegaard, ‎Howard Vincent Hong, ‎Edna Hatlestad Hong, Princeton University Press, Vol. 1, (p. 168), 2013.

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Don't forget to love yourself.

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Love, Positive, Compassion

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I must find a truth that is true for me.

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Happiness, Success

Letter to Peter Wilhelm Lund, August 31, 1835.

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Everyone looks the same to me in a photograph: stupid.

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Stupid, Looks, Photograph

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It is more blessed to give than to receive, but then it is also more blessed to be able to do without than to have to have.

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Blessed, Giving, Able

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No one is so terribly deceived as he who does not himself suspect it.

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Doe, Deceived, Suspects

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Love is all, it gives all, and it takes all.

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Love, Giving, Unconditional

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Comparison is the most dangerous acquaintance love can make.

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Dangerous, Acquaintance, Discernment

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Trouble is the common denominator of living. It is the great equalizer.

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Adversity, Common, Conflict

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Christianity demands the crucifixion of the intellect.

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Atheism, Demand, Christianity

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It is very important in life to know when your cue comes.

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Important, Knows

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A possibility is a hint from God. One must follow it.

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Vision, Hints, Possibility

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If you want to be loathsome to God, just run with the herd.

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Running, Want, Herds

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Now, with God's help, I shall become myself.

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Religious, Religion, Helping

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The truth must essentially be regarded as in conflict with this world; the world has never been so good, and will never become so good that the majority will desire the truth.

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Truth, Desire, Majority

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The wisdom of the years is confusing. Only the wisdom of eternity is edifying.

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Years, Confusing, Eternity

Soren Kierkegaard (2013). “The Wisdom of Kierkegaard”, p.94, Simon and Schuster

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Above all, do not lose your desire to walk.

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Hiking, Entrepreneur, Desire

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...he who always hopes for the best becomes old, deceived by life, and he who is always prepared for the worst becomes old prematurely; but he who has faith, retains eternal youth.

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Have Faith, Youth, Hoping For The Best

Soren Kierkegaard (2005). “Fear and Trembling”, p.21, Penguin UK

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

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Life, Life Lesson, Force

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... the more one needs God the more perfect he is. To need God is nothing to be ashamed of but is perfection itself. It is the saddest thing in the world if a human being goes through life without discovering that he needs God!

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Christian, Perfect, Needs

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What looks like politics, and imagines itself to be political, will one day unmask itself as a religious movement.

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Faith, Religious, Political Will

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Born: May 5, 1813
Died: November 11, 1855
Occupation: Philosopher
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