A man prayed, and at first he thought that prayer was talking. But he became more and more quiet until in the end he realized prayer is listening. Soren Kierkegaard More Quotes by Soren Kierkegaard More Quotes From Soren Kierkegaard The task must be made difficult, for only the difficult inspires the noble-hearted. Soren Kierkegaard noble tasks inspire To pace about, looking to obtain status, looking to attain 'importance' - I can think of nothing more ridiculous. Soren Kierkegaard ridiculous pace thinking Don't forget to love yourself. Soren Kierkegaard compassion positive love When all combine in every way to make everything easier, people will want difficulty. I conceived it as my task to make difficulties everywhere. Soren Kierkegaard tasks want people The truth is a snare: you cannot have it, without being caught. You cannot have the truth in such a way that you catch it, but only in such a way that it catches you. Soren Kierkegaard karma friendship way It belongs to the imperfection of everything human that man can only attain his desire by passing through its opposite. Soren Kierkegaard imperfection opposites men Affliction is able to drown out every earthly voice. . . but the voice of eternity within a person it cannot drown. Soren Kierkegaard affliction adversity voice The more one suffers, the more, I believe, has one a sense for the comic. It is only by the deepest suffering that one acquires true authority in the use of the comic, an authority which by one word transforms as by magic the reasonable creature one calls man into a caricature. Soren Kierkegaard suffering men believe Thus our own age is essentially one of understanding, and on the average, perhaps, more knowledgeable than any former generation, but it is without passion. Every one knows a great deal, we all know which way we ought to go and all the different ways we can go, but nobody is willing to move. Soren Kierkegaard passion average moving The thinker without a paradox is like a lover without a feeling: a paltry mediocrity. Soren Kierkegaard mediocrity lovers feelings To Dare is to risk losing your foothold for a moment, Not to Dare is to risk losing yourself. Soren Kierkegaard risk moments losing Faith is holding onto uncertainties with passionate conviction. Soren Kierkegaard passionate religious faith Irony is the birth-pangs of the objective mind (based upon the misrelationship, discovered by the I , between existence and the idea of existence). Humor is the birth -pangs of the absolute mind (based upon the misrelationship, discovered by the I , between the I and the idea of the I . Soren Kierkegaard irony mind ideas For he who loves God without faith reflects on himself, while the person who loves God in faith reflects on God. Soren Kierkegaard god-love persons I have only one friend, and that is echo. Why is it my friend? Because I love my sorrow, and echo does not take it away from me. I have only one confidant, and that is the silence of night. Why is it my confidant? Because it remains silent. Soren Kierkegaard echoes silence night A man may perform astonishing feats and comprehend a vast amount of knowledge, and yet have no understanding of himself. But suffering directs a man to look within. If it succeeds, then there, within him, is the beginning of his learning. Soren Kierkegaard understanding suffering men With respect to love we speak continually about perfection and the perfect person. With respect to love Christianity also speaks continually about perfection and the perfect person. Alas, but we men talk about finding the perfect person in order to love him. Christianity speaks about being the perfect person who limitlessly loves the person he sees. Soren Kierkegaard perfect men order It is tragic-comic to see that all this knowledge and understanding exercises no power at all over men's lives, that their lives do not express in the remotest way what they have understood, but rather the opposite. Soren Kierkegaard exercise men thinking You train yourself in the art of being mysterious to everyone. My dear friend! What if there were no one, who cared about guessing your riddle, what pleasure would you then take in it? Soren Kierkegaard guessing what-if art The present generation, wearied by its chimerical efforts, relapses into complete indolence. Its condition is that of a man who has only fallen asleep towards morning: first of all come great dreams, then a feeling of laziness, and finally a witty or clever excuse for remaining in bed. Soren Kierkegaard dream witty morning
