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Soren Kierkegaard Quotes

Philosopher, Theologian & Religious Author
Born On
1813-05-05
Died On
1855-11-11
Birth Place
Copenhagen
Death Place
Frederiks Hospital
Birth Sign
taurus
Father
Michael Pedersen Kierkegaard
Mother
Ane Sørensdatter Lund Kierkegaard
Nationality
Danish
Education
University of Copenhagen

Faith is the highest passion in a human being. Many in every generation may not come that far, but none comes further.

Soren Kierkegaard

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.

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

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.

Soren Kierkegaard

During the first period of a man's life the greatest danger is not to take the risk.

Soren Kierkegaard

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.

Soren Kierkegaard

Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.

Soren Kierkegaard

Boredom is the root of all evil - the despairing refusal to be oneself.

Soren Kierkegaard

Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.

Soren Kierkegaard

At the bottom of enmity between strangers lies indifference.

Soren Kierkegaard

Christ has not only spoken to us by his life but has also spoken for us by his death.

Soren Kierkegaard

It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is most significant and important.

Soren Kierkegaard

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.

Soren Kierkegaard

Marriage brings one into fatal connection with custom and tradition, and traditions and customs are like the wind and weather, altogether incalculable.

Soren Kierkegaard

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.

Soren Kierkegaard

The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins.

Soren Kierkegaard

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.

Soren Kierkegaard