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As noted, the certainty of downfall would disturb a human being, so that although only the briefest of existences had been allotted him, he did not fulfill the possibility he had in fact been granted. “To what purpose?” he would say, or “Why?” he would say, or “What good will it do?” he would say: and then he would not develop the whole of his pote
... See moreSøren Kierkegaard • The Lily of the Field and the Bird of the Air: Three Godly Discourses
Kierkegaard said that the greatest hazard of all is losing oneself — dangerous because it occurs so quietly. To be fully ourselves, then, is a thunderous feat. It is to resist the inertia of comfort and conformity and half-lived lives; to engage in the deliberate, demanding act of self-authorship rather than assuming a role that has already been wr... See more
This is the "existentialism" that Kierkegaard is considered the founder of
christianitytoday.com • Søren Kierkegaard
being alone isn’t what makes you feel lonely. Loneliness is having other people and society and community around you, and having a deep sense of being excluded from them. To feel lonely, we need other people.
Notes & Highlights for The Courage to Be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi
No lover, no human being, is qualified for that role. No one can live up to that. The inevitable result is bitter disillusionment.
Timothy Keller • Counterfeit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex, and Power, and the Only Hope that Matters
Kierkegaard: “The most common form of despair is not being who you are.”
River Kenna • Deluxe Tension™
For there is one thing that the lily and bird unconditionally do not understand, that, alas, most people understand best: half-measures.