Soren Kierkegaard Quotes

The commandment is that you shall love, but when you understand life and yourself, then it is as if you should not need to be commanded, because to love human beings is still the only thing worth living for; without this life you really do not live.

Soren Kierkegaard

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• The commandment is that you shall love, but when you understand life and yourself, then it is as if you should not need to be commanded, because to love human beings is still the only thing worth living for; without this life you really do not live.

  

  Soren Kierkegaard
  • Love
  • Human Beings
  • Commandment