I do not lack the courage to think a thought whole. Soren Kierkegaard More Quotes by Soren Kierkegaard More Quotes From Soren Kierkegaard There is something almost cruel about the Christian's being placed in a world which in every way wants to pressure him to do the opposite of what God bids him to do. Soren Kierkegaard religiouschristianopposites You live life looking forward, you understand life looking backward. Soren Kierkegaard looking-backlooking-forwardlive-life 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 bores-yourootsevil Worldly wisdom thinks that love is a relationship between man and man. Christianity teaches that love is a relationship between man-God-man, that is, that God is the middle term. Soren Kierkegaard love-ismenthinking The more a person limits himself, the more resourceful he becomes. Soren Kierkegaard resourcefullimitspersons I have just now come from a party where I was its life and soul; witticisms streamed from my lips, everyone laughed and admired me, but I went away - yes, the dash should be as long as the radius of the earth's orbit ——————————— and wanted to shoot myself. Soren Kierkegaard partysoullong All the shrewdness of 'man' seeks one thing: to be able to live without responsibility. Soren Kierkegaard shrewdnessresponsibilitymen The more a man can forget, the greater the number of metamorphoses which his life can undergo; the more he can remember, the more divine his life becomes. Soren Kierkegaard life-lessonnumbersmen The thing is to understand myself: the thing is to find a truth which is true for me, to find the idea for which I can live and die. That is what I now recognize as the most important thing. Soren Kierkegaard diesimportantideas I stick my finger into existence.. it smells of nothing. Where am I? Who am I? What is this thing called the world? What does this word mean? Soren Kierkegaard smelldoemean On the whole, the longing for solitude is a sign that there still is spirit in a person and is a measure of what spirit there is. Soren Kierkegaard longingsolitudespirit 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 wishwaterbelieve If anyone on the verge of action should judge himself according to the outcome, he would never begin. Even though the result may gladden the whole world, that cannot help the hero; for he knows the result only when the whole thing is over, and that is not how he became a hero, but by virtue of the fact that he began. Soren Kierkegaard judgingheroworld I see it all perfectly; there are two possible situations - one can either do this or that. My honest opinion and my friendly advice is this: do it or do not do it - you will regret both. Soren Kierkegaard regretphilosophytwo It goes against the grain for me to do what so often happens, to speak inhumanly about the great as if a few millennia were an immense distance. I prefer to speak humanly about it, as if it happened yesterday, and let only the greatness itself be the distance. Soren Kierkegaard distancegreatnessyesterday If I had a humble spirit in my service who, when I asked for a glass of water, brought me the world's costliest wines blended in a chalice, I should dismiss him, in order to teach him that my pleasure consists, not in what I enjoy, but in having my own way. Soren Kierkegaard glasseswinehumble There is peace and rest and comfort in sorrow Soren Kierkegaard sorrowcomfort Without risk, faith is an impossibility. Soren Kierkegaard impossibilityrisktrying Prayer is a silent surrendering of everything to God. Soren Kierkegaard silentprayer A good decision is our will to do everything we can within our power. It means to serve God with all we've got, be it little or much. Every person can do that. Soren Kierkegaard decisionchristianmean
