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To stand on one leg and prove God's existence is a very different thing from going on one's knees and thanking Him.


Søren Kierkegaard

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SOREN KIERKEGAARD It was completely fruitless to quarrel with the world, whereas the quarrel with oneself was occasion...
SOREN KIERKEGAARD If I am capable of grasping God objectively, I do not believe, but precisely because I cannot do thi...
SOREN KIERKEGAARD Life…can only be understood backwards…
SOREN KIERKEGAARD Honour him, dear Symparanekromenoi, for his grey hair and his misfortune.
SOREN KIERKEGAARD People hardly ever make use of the freedom they have. For example, the freedom of thought. Instead t...
SOREN KIERKEGAARD The greatest danger, that of losing one's own self, may pass off quietly as if it were nothing; ever...
SOREN KIERKEGAARD People demand freedom of speech as compensation for the freedom of thought, which they seldom use.
SOREN KIERKEGAARD A man prayed, and at first he thought that prayer was talking. But he became more and more quiet unt...
SOREN KIERKEGAARD Christendom has done away with Christianity without being quite aware of it
SOREN KIERKEGAARD Father in Heaven! When the thought of thee wakes in our hearts, let it not awaken like a frightened ...
SOREN KIERKEGAARD Only when it is a duty to love, only then is love eternally and happily secured against despair.
SOREN KIERKEGAARD Nothing, nothing, nothing, no error, no crime is so absolutely repugnant to God as everything which ...
SOREN KIERKEGAARD What kind of power is it that dares intrude between me and my bride, the bride I myself have chosen ...
SOREN KIERKEGAARD A great man is one that can develop convictions in solitude and carry them out in a crowd.
SOREN KIERKEGAARD Since my earliest childhood a barb of sorrow has lodged in my heart. As long as it stays I am ironic...
SOREN KIERKEGAARD What is a poet? An unhappy man who hides deep anguish in his heart, but whose lips are so formed tha...
SøREN KIERKEGAARD And this is one of the most crucial definitions for the whole of Christianity; that the opposite of ...
SøREN KIERKEGAARD The more he needs God, the more deeply he comprehends he is in need of God, and then the more he in ...
SøREN KIERKEGAARD The matter is quite simple. The bible is very easy to understand. But we Christians are a bunch of s...
SøREN KIERKEGAARD You love the accidental. A smile from a pretty girl in an interesting situation, a stolen glance, th...
SøREN KIERKEGAARD There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believ...
SøREN KIERKEGAARD Now, with God's help, I shall become myself.
SøREN KIERKEGAARD The difference between an admirer and a follower still remains, no matter where you are. The admirer...
SøREN KIERKEGAARD The proud person always wants to do the right thing, the great thing. But because he wants to do it ...
SøREN KIERKEGAARD The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins.
SøREN KIERKEGAARD To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself.
SøREN KIERKEGAARD What labels me, negates me.
SøREN KIERKEGAARD A 'no' does not hide anything, but a 'yes' very easily becomes a deception.
SøREN KIERKEGAARD Never cease loving a person, and never give up hope for him, for even the prodigal son who had falle...
SøREN KIERKEGAARD God creates out of nothing. Wonderful you say. Yes, to be sure, but he does what is still more wonde...
SøREN KIERKEGAARD To venture causes anxiety, but not to venture is to lose one's self.... And to venture in the highes...
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