The proud person always wants to do the right thing, the great thing. But because he wants to do it in his own strength, he is fighting not with man, but with God.
SOREN KIERKEGAARDMy sorrow is my castle.
More Soren Kierkegaard Quotes
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It is the duty of the human understanding to understand that there are things which it cannot understand.
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Happiness is the greatest hiding place for despair.
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People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
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Therefore do not deceive yourself! Of all deceivers fear most yourself!
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Boredom is the root of all evil.
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Don’t forget to love yourself.
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Life can only be understood backward, but it must be lived forwards.
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The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.
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If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of the potential, for the eye which, ever young and ardent, sees the possible.
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For he who loves God without faith reflects on himself, while the person who loves God in faith reflects on God.”
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Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.
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Once you are born in this world you’re old enough to die.
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I am convinced that God is love.
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There is nothing with which every man is so afraid as getting to know how enormously much he is capable of doing and becoming.
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The greatest hazard of all, losing one’s self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all.
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