black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

I am convinced that God is love.

Soren Kierkegaard

It 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 KIERKEGAARD

Deep Forget Life Live Philosophy True Understand
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.
SOREN KIERKEGAARD

Cry Deep Happiness Heart Hide Lips Man Music Philosophy Poet Sound
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.
SOREN KIERKEGAARD

Freedom Liberty Man Sarcastic
In my great melancholy, I loved life, for I love my melancholy.
SOREN KIERKEGAARD

Great Life Love Sad
I stick my finger into existence and it smells of nothing.
SOREN KIERKEGAARD

Deep Existence Fingers Myself Philosophy
The task must be made difficult, for only the difficult inspires the noble-hearted.
SOREN KIERKEGAARD

Difficult Heart Inspirational
The most painful state of being is remembering the future, particularly the one you’ll never have.
SOREN KIERKEGAARD

Future Pain Remember Yourself
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.
SOREN KIERKEGAARD

Eyes Myself Passion Philosophy Possible Potential Power Wealth
For he who loves God without faith reflects on himself, while the person who loves God in faith reflects on God.”
SOREN KIERKEGAARD

Faith God Himself Love Person Philosophy Reflection
Boredom is the root of all evil.
SOREN KIERKEGAARD

Evil One Liner
My melancholy is the most faithful mistress I have known; what wonder, then, that I love her in return.
SOREN KIERKEGAARD

Faith Love Relationship
The Bible is very easy to understand. But we Christians are a bunch of scheming swindlers. We pretend to be unable to understand it because we know very well that the minute we understand, we are obliged to act accordingly.
SOREN KIERKEGAARD

Act Action Deep Easy Religious Understand
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 KIERKEGAARD

Beginning Born Cry Death Deep End Enjoyment Man Philosophy Woman
Once you are born in this world you’re old enough to die.
SOREN KIERKEGAARD

Born Death Philosophy Yourself
In the secretly blushing cheek is reflected the glow of the heart.
SOREN KIERKEGAARD

Happiness Heart Reflection Romantic Secret
People understand me so poorly that they don’t even understand my complaint about them not understanding me.
SOREN KIERKEGAARD

People Sarcastic Understand

I am convinced that God is love.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

I am convinced that God is love.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Soren Kierkegaard Quotes