"Boredom is the root of all evil--the despairing refusal to be oneself."

Kierkegaard, Søren on bores and boredom
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"Since my earliest childhood a barb of sorrow has lodged in my heart. As long as it stays I am ironic -- if it is pulled out I shall die."

Kierkegaard, Søren on sorrow   

"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."

Kierkegaard, Søren on sleep
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"Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are."

Kierkegaard, Søren on self-expression
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"Be that self which one truly is."

Kierkegaard, Søren on love
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"God creates out of nothing. Wonderful you say. Yes, to be sure, but he does what is still more wonderful: he makes saints out of sinners."

Kierkegaard, Søren on saints
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"During the first period of a man's life, the danger is not to take the risk."

Kierkegaard, Søren on risk
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"Repetition is the reality and the seriousness of life."

Kierkegaard, Søren on repetition   

"Purity of heart is to will one thing."

Kierkegaard, Søren on purity
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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."

Kierkegaard, Søren on prayer   

"The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays."

Kierkegaard, Søren on prayer
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"In addition to my other numerous acquaintances, I have one more intimate confidant. My depression is the most faithful mistress I have known -- no wonder, then, that I return the love."

Kierkegaard, Søren on depression
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