Soren Kierkegaard:

God creates out of nothing. Wonderful you say. Yes, to be sure, but He does what is still more wonderful: He makes saints out of sinners.

— Soren Kierkegaard Modern

Father of existentialism

From 'Purity of Heart Is to Will One Thing'

1843

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