The Bible is very easy to understand. But we Christians are a bunch of scheming swindlers. We pretend to be unable to understand it because we know very well that the minute we understand, we are obliged to act accordingly.
Father of existentialism
Provocations: Spiritual Writings of Kierkegaard
c. 1854-1855 (period of 'Attack upon Christendom')
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"The most dangerous of all delusions is that you are not deluded."
Controversial"I am so constituted that I am always trying to get rid of myself, so that I can be myself."
Strange & Unusual"The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays."
Strange & Unusual"The highest stage a man can reach is that of being a paradox."
Shocking"If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of the potential, for the eye which ever young and ardent, sees the possible. Pleasure disappoints,…"
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