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    "Life is very short and anxious for those who forget the past, neglect the present, and fear the future."

    Seneca

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    "What is a poet? An unhappy man who hides deep anguish in his heart, but whose lips are so formed that when the sigh and cry pass through them, it sounds like lovely music.... And people flock around the poet and say: 'Sing again soon' - that is, 'May new sufferings torment your soul but your lips be fashioned as before, for the cry would only frighten us, but the music, that is blissful."

    Søren Kierkegaard

    topics:
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    "Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom."

    Søren Kierkegaard

    topics:
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    • paradox
    • freedom

    "The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays."

    Søren Kierkegaard

    topics:
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    • prayer

    "People understand me so poorly that they don't even understand my complaint about them not understanding me."

    Søren Kierkegaard

    topics:
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