Sin is in itself separation from the good, but despair over sin is sep…

Soren Kierkegaard
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Sin is in itself separation from the good, but despair over sin is separation a second time.
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Personality is only ripe when a man has made the truth his own. ✨ Soren Kierkegaard (2015). The Prayers of Kierkegaard, p.134, University of Chicago Press
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