Quotes of Soren Kierkegaard - somelinesforyou

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

- Soren Kierkegaard

“ Far from idleness being the root of all evil, it is rather the only true good. ”

- Soren Kierkegaard

“ It is not the path which is the difficulty; rather, it is the difficulty which is the path. ”

- Soren Kierkegaard

“ Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. ”

- Soren Kierkegaard

“ It is not where we breathe, but where we Love, that we live. ”

- Soren Kierkegaard

“ Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. ”

- Soren Kierkegaard

“ Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced. ”

- Soren Kierkegaard

“ Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays. ”

- Soren Kierkegaard

“ Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom. ”

- Soren Kierkegaard

“ Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. ”

- Soren Kierkegaard

“ Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced. ”

- Soren Kierkegaard

“ What labels me, negates me. ”

- Soren Kierkegaard

“ If anyone on the verge of action should judge himself according to the outcome, he would never begin. ”

- Soren Kierkegaard

“ I stick my finger into existence and it smells of nothing. ”

- Soren Kierkegaard

“ A ‘no’ does not hide anything, but a ‘yes’ very easily becomes a deception. ”

- Soren Kierkegaard

“ Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are. ”

- Soren Kierkegaard

“ Many of us pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that we hurry past it. ”

- Soren Kierkegaard

“ Happiness is the greatest hiding place for despair. ”

- Soren Kierkegaard

“ The most common form of despair is not being who you are. ”

- Soren Kierkegaard

“ The most painful state of being is remembering the future, particularly the one you’ll never have. ”

- Soren Kierkegaard

“ Boredom is the root of all evil – the despairing refusal to be oneself. ”

- Soren Kierkegaard

“ The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays. ”

- Soren Kierkegaard

“ It is so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey. ”

- Soren Kierkegaard

“ Love does not alter the beloved, it alters itself. ”

- Soren Kierkegaard

“ I have only one confidant, and that is the silence of night. ”

- Soren Kierkegaard

“ The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays. ”

- Soren Kierkegaard

“ Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays. ”

- Soren Kierkegaard

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

- Soren Kierkegaard

“ The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays. ”

- Soren Kierkegaard

“ Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced. ”

- Soren Kierkegaard
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