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Deep within every human being there still lives the anxiety over the possibility of being alone in the world, forgotten by God, overlooked among the m...more

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But it is just as useless for a man to want first of all to decide the externals and after that the fundamentals as it is for a cosmic body, thinking ...more

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Boredom is the root of all evil. It is very curious that boredom, which itself has such a calm and sedate nature, can have such a capacity to initiate...more

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I am poor—you are my riches; dark—you are my light; I own nothing, need nothing. And how could I own anything? After all, it is a contradiction that h...more

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Come, sleep and death; you promise nothing, you hold everything.

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There are, as is known, insects that die in the moment of fertilization. So it is with all joy: life’s highest, most splendid moment of enjoyment is a...more

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To stand on one leg and prove God's existence is a very different thing from going on one's knees and thanking Him.

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It is now my intention to draw out from the story of Abraham the dialecticalconsequences inherent in it, expressing them in the form ofproblemata, in ...more

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Although I am still far from this kind of interior understanding of myself, with profound respect for its significance I have sought to preserve my in...more

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When I was very young and in the cave of Trophonius I forgot to laugh. Then, when I got older, when I opened my eyes and saw the real world, I began t...more

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You are a hater of activity in life; quite right, for before there can be any meaning in activity, life must have continuity, and this your life lacks...more

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Theology sits rouged at the window and courts philosophy's favor, offering to sell her charms to it.

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Battle day and night against the guile of oblivion...

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It is the thought, not the incidentals of expression, that essentially makes an exposition unpopular. A systematic ribbon and button maker can become ...more