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 KIERKEGAARDListen 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 KIERKEGAARDBoredom is the root of all evil.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDThe function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDNow, with God’s help, I shall become myself.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDMany of us pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that we hurry past it.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDAbove all, do not lose your desire to walk.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDLife can only be understood backward, but it must be lived forwards.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDDon’t forget to love yourself.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDIt is very important in life to know when your cue comes.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDI 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 KIERKEGAARDIt is perhaps the misfortune of my life that I am interested in far too much but not decisively in any one thing; all my interests are not subordinated in one but stand on an equal footing.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDTherefore do not deceive yourself! Of all deceivers fear most yourself!
SOREN KIERKEGAARDIt is perfectly true, as philosophers say, that life must be understood backwards. But they forget the other proposition, that it must be lived forwards.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDThere are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDHow 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 KIERKEGAARDFace the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.
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