Boredom is the root of all evil--the despairing refusal to be oneself. Søren Kierkegaard More Quotes by Søren Kierkegaard More Quotes From Søren Kierkegaard If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of potential -- for the eye which, ever young and ardent, sees the possible. Pleasure disappoints; possibility never. Søren Kierkegaard There are many people who reach their conclusions about life like schoolboys: they cheat their master by copying the answer out of a book without having worked the sum out for themselves. Søren Kierkegaard Faith is the highest passion in a human being. Many in every generation may not come that far, but none comes further. Søren Kierkegaard I divide my time as follows: half the time I sleep, the other half I dream. I never dream when I sleep, for that would be a pity, for sleeping is the highest accomplishment of genius. Søren Kierkegaard It is so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey. Søren Kierkegaard 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. Søren Kierkegaard Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forward. Søren Kierkegaard Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts. Søren Kierkegaard Philosophy always requires something more, requires the eternal, the true, in contrast to which even the fullest existence as such is but a happy moment. Søren Kierkegaard Purity of heart is to will one thing. Søren Kierkegaard
