Once you label me you negate ...

Once you label me you negate me.
Once you label me you negate me.
 Søren Kierkegaard

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If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.
I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.

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To dare is to lose ones footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself.
 Søren Kierkegaard
Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.
 Søren Kierkegaard