Soren Kierkegaard Quotes

There is something almost cruel about the Christian's being placed in a world which in every way wants to pressure him to do the opposite of what God bids him to do.

Soren Kierkegaard

• God
• Christian
• Pressure

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• There is something almost cruel about the Christian's being placed in a world which in every way wants to pressure him to do the opposite of what God bids him to do.

  

  Soren Kierkegaard
  • God
  • Christian
  • Pressure