Soren Kierkegaard Quotes
Philosopher, Theologian & Religious Author
Faith is the highest passion in a human being. Many in every generation may not come that far, but none comes further.
How absurd men are! They never use the liberties they have, they demand those they do not have. They have freedom of thought, they demand freedom of speech.
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.
I see it all perfectly; there are two possible situations - one can either do this or that. My honest opinion and my friendly advice is this: do it or do not do it - you will regret both.
During the first period of a man's life the greatest danger is not to take the risk.
A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him.
Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.
Boredom is the root of all evil - the despairing refusal to be oneself.
Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.
At the bottom of enmity between strangers lies indifference.
Christ has not only spoken to us by his life but has also spoken for us by his death.
It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is most significant and important.
Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.
Marriage brings one into fatal connection with custom and tradition, and traditions and customs are like the wind and weather, altogether incalculable.
Old age realizes the dreams of youth: look at Dean Swift; in his youth he built an asylum for the insane, in his old age he was himself an inmate.
The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins.
There are, as is known, insects that die in the moment of fertilization. So it is with all joy: life's highest, most splendid moment of enjoyment is accompanied by death.