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Soren Kierkegaard Quotes

Soren Kierkegaard quotes

Danish Philosopher May 5, 1813 – November 11, 1855

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Marriage brings one into fatal connection with custom and tradition, and traditions and customs are like the wind and weather, altogether incalculable. 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
Many and various are the things to which a man may feel himself drawn, but one thing there is to which no man ever felt himself drawn in any way, that is, to suffering and humiliation. This we men think we ought to shun as far as possible, and in any case that we must be compelled to it. Soren Kierkegaard
Soren Kierkegaard quote: "Faith is the highest passion in a human being. Many in..."
Faith is the highest passion in a human being. Many in everygeneration may not come that far, but none comes further. Soren Kierkegaard
One must not think slightingly of the paradoxical…for the paradox is the source of the thinker’s passion, and the thinker without a paradox is like a lover without feeling: a paltry mediocrity. Soren Kierkegaard
For the universal will constantly torture him and say, 'You ought to have talked. Where will you find the certainty that it was not after all a hidden pride which governed your resolution? Soren Kierkegaard
Soren Kierkegaard quote: "What if everything in the world were a misunderstanding, what..."
What if everything in the world were a misunderstanding, what if laughter were really tears? Soren Kierkegaard
Listen to the cry of a woman in labor at the hour of giving birth - look at the dying man's struggle at his last extremity, and then tell me whether something that begins and ends thus could be intended for enjoyment. Soren Kierkegaard
...even the richest personality is nothing before he has chosen himself, and on the other hand even what one might call the poorest personality is everything when he has chosen himself; for the great thing is not to be this or that but to be oneself, and this everyone can be if he wills it. Soren Kierkegaard
Soren Kierkegaard quote: "In fact one is tempted to ask whether there is a single man..."
In fact one is tempted to ask whether there is a single man left ready, for once, to commit an outrageous folly. Soren Kierkegaard
Soren Kierkegaard quote: "The most painful state of being is remembering the future,..."
The most painful state of being is remembering the future, particularly the one you'll never have. Soren Kierkegaard
I stick my finger in existence? it smells of nothing. Where am I? Who am I? How came I here? What is this thing called the world? What does this world mean? Who is it that has lured me into the world? Why was I not consulted, why not made acquainted with its manners and customs instead of throwing me into the ranks, as if I had been bought by a kidnapper, a dealer in souls? How did I obtain an interest in this big enterprise they call reality? Why should I have an interest in it? Is it not a... Soren Kierkegaard
Our age is essentially one of understanding and reflection, without passion, momentarily bursting into enthusiasm and shrewdly relapsing into repose. 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
Soren Kierkegaard quote: "Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom."
Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom. Soren Kierkegaard

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