I begin with the principle that all men are bores. Surely no one will prove himself so great a bore as to contradict me in this. Soren Kierkegaard on great
Trouble is the common denominator of living. It is the great equalizer. Soren Kierkegaard on great
The paradox is really the pathos of intellectual life and just as only great souls are exposed to passions it is only the great thinker who is exposed to what I call paradoxes, which are nothing else than grandiose thoughts in embryo. Soren Kierkegaard on great
Because of its tremendous solemnity death is the light in which great passions, both good and bad, become transparent, no longer limited by outward appearences. Soren Kierkegaard on great
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 on happiness
Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts. Soren Kierkegaard on life
Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced. Soren Kierkegaard on life
Life can only be understood backwards but it must be lived forwards. Soren Kierkegaard on life
Life has its own hidden forces which you can only discover by living. Soren Kierkegaard on life
The highest and most beautiful things in life are not to be heard about, nor read about, nor seen but, if one will, are to be lived. Soren Kierkegaard on life
Love does not alter the beloved, it alters itself. Soren Kierkegaard on love
Just as in earthly life lovers long for the moment when they are able to breathe forth their love for each other, to let their souls blend in a soft whisper, so the mystic longs for the moment when in prayer he can, as it were, creep into God. Soren Kierkegaard on love
Marriage brings one into fatal connection with custom and tradition, and traditions and customs are like the wind and weather, altogether incalculable. Soren Kierkegaard on marriage
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 on men
Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it. Soren Kierkegaard on men
I begin with the principle that all men are bores. Surely no one will prove himself so great a bore as to contradict me in this. Soren Kierkegaard on men
What is a poet? An unhappy person who conceals profound anguish in his heart but whose lips are so formed that as sighs and cries pass over them they sound like beautiful music. Soren Kierkegaard on music
The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays. Soren Kierkegaard on nature
Patience is necessary, and one cannot reap immediately where one has sown. Soren Kierkegaard on patience