Soren Kierkegaard Quotes

There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.

People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.

What is a poet? An unhappy man who hides deep anguish in his heart, but whose lips are so formed that when the sigh and cry pass through them, it sounds like lovely music.

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.

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.

What is existence for but to be laughed at if men in their twenties have already attained the utmost?