Most people live dejectedly in worldly joys or sorrows. They sit on the sidelines and do not join the dance.
Soren KierkegaardNo one may pride himself at being more than an individual, and no one despondently think that he is not an individual.
Soren KierkegaardWhen you say 'Yes' or promise something, you can very easily deceive yourself and others also, as if you had already done what you promised. It is easy to think that by making a promise you have at least done part of what you promised to do, as if the promise itself were something of value. Not at all! In fact, when you do not do what you promise, it is a long way back to the truth.
Soren KierkegaardAbout as genuine as tea made from a bit of paper which once lay in a drawer beside another piece of paper which had been used to wrap up a few tea leaves from which tea had already been made three times.
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