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Soren Kierkegaard Quotes

By paying attention to the opinion of the visible reading public and of the usual reviewers, one falls into the most fatuous confusion Picture Quote #1

The presence of irony does not necessarily mean that the earnestness is excluded. Only assistant professors assume that Picture Quote #1

What is asked of a man that he may be able to pray for his enemies? To pray for one’s enemies is the hardest thing of all. That is why it exasperates us so much in our present day situation Picture Quote #1

Death cannot explain itself. The earnestness consists precisely in this, that the observer must explain it to himself Picture Quote #1

Father in heaven, when the thought of thee awakens in our soul, let it not waken as an agitated bird which flutters confusedly about, but as a child waking from sleep with a celestial smile Picture Quote #1

The truth is a trap: you can not get it without it getting you; you cannot get the truth by capturing it, only by its capturing you Picture Quote #1

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Every person, if he so wills, can become a paradigmatic human being, not by brushing of his accidental qualities, but by remaining in them and ennobling them. He ennobles them by choosing them Picture Quote #1

The expectancy of an eternal salvation will reconcile everyone with his neighbor, with his friend, and with his enemy in an understanding of the essential Picture Quote #1

When the first self submits to the deeper self, they are reconciled and walk on together Picture Quote #1

Let the theater keep what belongs to the theater and the juggling heroes: pretentious words, bold gestures, and the applause of an appraising crowd Picture Quote #1

Which is more difficult, to awaken one who sleeps or to awaken one who, awake, dreams that he is awake? Picture Quote #1

When whatever causes person to despair occurs, it is immediately evident that he has been in despair his whole life Picture Quote #1

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If I have ventured wrongly, very well, life then helps me with its penalty. But if I haven’t ventured at all, who helps me then? Picture Quote #1

What we call worldliness simply consists of such people who, if one may so express it, pawn themselves to the world Picture Quote #1

In spiritual terms the human being does not arrive over the years and as a matter of course at anything. No idea could be more directly opposed to spirit Picture Quote #1

Purely philosophically it could be a subtle question whether it is possible both to be in despair and to be quite clear what one despairs of Picture Quote #1

Far from the self succeeding increasingly in being itself, it becomes increasingly obvious that it is a hypothetical self Picture Quote #1

No human being is able to say, of his own and by himself, what sin is, for sin is the very thing he is in. All his talk about sin is at bottom a glossing over sin, an excuse, a sinful extenuation Picture Quote #1

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People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid Picture Quote #1

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By paying attention to the opinion of the visible reading public and of the usual reviewers, one falls into the most fatuous confusion (Soren Kierkegaard Quotes) The presence of irony does not necessarily mean that the earnestness is excluded. Only assistant professors assume that (Soren Kierkegaard Quotes) What is asked of a man that he may be able to pray for his enemies? To pray for one’s enemies is the hardest thing of all. That is why it exasperates us so much in our present day situation (Soren Kierkegaard Quotes) Death cannot explain itself. The earnestness consists precisely in this, that the observer must explain it to himself (Soren Kierkegaard Quotes) Father in heaven, when the thought of thee awakens in our soul, let it not waken as an agitated bird which flutters confusedly about, but as a child waking from sleep with a celestial smile (Soren Kierkegaard Quotes) The truth is a trap: you can not get it without it getting you; you cannot get the truth by capturing it, only by its capturing you (Soren Kierkegaard Quotes) Every person, if he so wills, can become a paradigmatic human being, not by brushing of his accidental qualities, but by remaining in them and ennobling them. He ennobles them by choosing them (Soren Kierkegaard Quotes) The expectancy of an eternal salvation will reconcile everyone with his neighbor, with his friend, and with his enemy in an understanding of the essential (Soren Kierkegaard Quotes) When the first self submits to the deeper self, they are reconciled and walk on together (Soren Kierkegaard Quotes) Let the theater keep what belongs to the theater and the juggling heroes: pretentious words, bold gestures, and the applause of an appraising crowd (Soren Kierkegaard Quotes) Which is more difficult, to awaken one who sleeps or to awaken one who, awake, dreams that he is awake? (Soren Kierkegaard Quotes) When whatever causes person to despair occurs, it is immediately evident that he has been in despair his whole life (Soren Kierkegaard Quotes) If I have ventured wrongly, very well, life then helps me with its penalty. But if I haven’t ventured at all, who helps me then? (Soren Kierkegaard Quotes) What we call worldliness simply consists of such people who, if one may so express it, pawn themselves to the world (Soren Kierkegaard Quotes) In spiritual terms the human being does not arrive over the years and as a matter of course at anything. No idea could be more directly opposed to spirit (Soren Kierkegaard Quotes) Purely philosophically it could be a subtle question whether it is possible both to be in despair and to be quite clear what one despairs of (Soren Kierkegaard Quotes) Far from the self succeeding increasingly in being itself, it becomes increasingly obvious that it is a hypothetical self (Soren Kierkegaard Quotes) No human being is able to say, of his own and by himself, what sin is, for sin is the very thing he is in. All his talk about sin is at bottom a glossing over sin, an excuse, a sinful extenuation (Soren Kierkegaard Quotes) People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid (Soren Kierkegaard Quotes)

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