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Soren Kierkegaard Quotes

Soren Kierkegaard quotes about god

Danish Philosopher May 5, 1813 – November 11, 1855

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Soren Kierkegaard quote: "Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays."
Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays. Soren Kierkegaard
The proud person always wants to do the right thing, the great thing. But because he wants to do it in his own strength, he is fighting not with man, but with God. Soren Kierkegaard
In relationship to God one can not involve himself to a certain degree. God is precisely the contradiction to all that is 'to a certain degree'. Soren Kierkegaard
If I am capable of grasping God objectively, I do not believe, but precisely because I cannot do this I must believe. If I wish to preserve myself in faith I must constantly be intent upon holding fast the objective uncertainty so as to remain out upon the deep, over seventy thousand fathoms of water, still preserving my faith. Soren Kierkegaard
That God lets himself be born and becomes a human being, is no idle whim, something that occurs to him so as to have something to do, perhaps to put a stop to the boredom that has brashly been said to be bound up with being God-it is not to have an adventure. No, the fact that God does this is the seriousness of existence. And the seriousness in this seriousness is, in turn, that each shall have an opinion about it. Soren Kierkegaard
If the sphere of paradox-religion is abolished, or explained away in aesthetics, an Apostle becomes neither more nor less than a genius, and then--good night, Christianity! Esprit and the Spirit, revelation and originality, a call from God and genius, all end by meaning more or less the same thing. Soren Kierkegaard
Soren Kierkegaard quote: "The self-assured believer is a greater sinner in the eyes of..."
The self-assured believer is a greater sinner in the eyes of God than the troubled disbeliever. Soren Kierkegaard
Soren Kierkegaard quote: "to have faith is precisely to lose one's mind so as to win God."
to have faith is precisely to lose one's mind so as to win God. Soren Kierkegaard
Since boredom advances and boredom is the root of all evil, no wonder, then, that the world goes backwards, that evil spreads. This can be traced back to the very beginning of the world. The gods were bored; therefore they created human beings. Soren Kierkegaard
What I really need is to get clear about what I must do, not what I must know, except insofar as knowledge must precede every act. What matters is to find a purpose, to see what it really is that God wills that I shall do; the crucial thing is to find a truth which is truth for me, to find the idea for which I am willing to live and die. Soren Kierkegaard
Even though it be true that the conception of God is absolute help, it is also the only help which is absolutely capable of revealing to man his own helplessness. Soren Kierkegaard
Soren Kierkegaard quote: "If you want to be loathsome to God, just run with the herd."
If you want to be loathsome to God, just run with the herd. Soren Kierkegaard
Soren Kierkegaard quote: "If I am capable of grasping God objectively, I do not believe,..."
If I am capable of grasping God objectively, I do not believe, but precisely because I cannot do this I must believe. 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
Soren Kierkegaard quote: "Now, with God's help, I shall become myself."
Now, with God's help, I shall become myself. Soren Kierkegaard

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