"Truth is not introduced into the individual..." - Quote by Soren Kierkegaard
Truth is not introduced into the individual from without, but was within him all the time.
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“To cheat oneself out of love is the most terrible deception; it is an eternal loss for which there is no reparation, either in time or in eternity.”
“With respect to physical existence, one needs little, and to the degree that one needs less, the more perfect one is.”
“Irony limits, finitizes, and circumscribes and thereby yields truth, actuality, content; it disciplines and punishes and thereby yields balance and consistency.”
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“What the father kept silent the son speaks out.”
“To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart, is true for all men - that is genius... Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist... What I must do, is all that concerns me; not what the people think... Nothing can bring you peace but yourself; nothing, but the triumph of principles.”
“Life is short and truth works far and lives long: let us speak the truth.”
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“Life is your deepest inner Being. It is already whole, complete, perfect.”
“Before speaking, consult your inner-truth barometer, and resist the temptation to tell people only what they want to hear.”
“Most people's lives are run by desire and fear. Desire is the need to add something to yourself in order to be yourself more fully. All fear is the fear of losing something and thereby becoming diminished and being less. These two movements obscure the fact that Being cannot be given or taken away. Being in its fullness is already within you, Now.”