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There is nothing everyone is so afraid of as being told how vastly much he is capable of. you are capable of - do you want to know? - you are capable of living in poverty; you are capable of standing almost any kind of maltreatment, abuse, etc. but you do not wish to know about it, isn't that so? you would be furious with him who told you so, and only call that person your friend who bolsters you in saying: 'no, this i cannot bear, this is beyond my strength, etc.
-Soren Kierkegaard
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There Is Nothing Everyone Is So Afraid

Soren Kierkegaard
There is nothing everyone is so afraid of as being told how vastly much he is capable of. you are capable of - do you want to know? - you are capable of living in poverty; you are capable of standing almost any kind of maltreatment, abuse, etc. but you do not wish to know about it, isn't that so? you would be furious with him who told you so, and only call that person your friend who bolsters you in saying: 'no, this i cannot bear, this is beyond my strength, etc.
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