Soren Kierkegaard Quotes

Doubt is thought's despair; despair is personality's doubt. . . . Doubt and despair . . . belong to completely different spheres; different sides of the soul are set in motion. . . . Despair is an expression of the total personality, doubt only of thought.

Soren Kierkegaard

• Soul
• Doubt
• Personality
• Despair

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• My mom has helped me nurture my interest and hone my talent.

  

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• I'm one of those people if you ask, 'What's your favourite song?' I'm going to give you five. I don't have just one favourite.

  

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• We should always remember that it is by His invitation that we come to His holy house, the temple of the Lord. We should respond to His invitation by being worthy, by being prepared, and by having the temple as a priority in our lives. While in the temple we should act as if we are in His holy presence.

  

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• What power can poverty have over a home where loving hearts are beating with a consciousness of untold riches of the head and heart?

  

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• Statistical studies are all over the lot about the pluses and minuses of raising the minimum wage.

  

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• Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little to be enjoyed.

  

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• Doubt is thought's despair; despair is personality's doubt. . . . Doubt and despair . . . belong to completely different spheres; different sides of the soul are set in motion. . . . Despair is an expression of the total personality, doubt only of thought.

  

  Soren Kierkegaard
  • Soul
  • Doubt
  • Personality