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Quote by Soren Kierkegaard
Because of its tremendous solemnity death is the light in which gr

Because of its tremendous solemnity death is the light in which great passions, both good and bad, become transparent, no longer limited by outward appearences. – Soren Kierkegaard

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The paradox is really the pathos of intellectual life and just as only great souls are exposed to passions it is only the great thinker who is exposed to what I call paradoxes, which are nothing else than grandiose thoughts in embryo. – Soren Kierkegaard

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

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