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Søren Kierkegaard Quotes

Total quotes: 17
“The greatest hazard of all, losing one’s self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all. No other loss can occur so quietly; any other loss - an arm, a leg, five dollars… etc. - is sure to be noticed.”
— Søren Kierkegaard, The Sickness Unto Death: A Christian Psychological Exposition for Upbuilding and Awakening
Tagged: lost self, Pain, Despair, Invisibility
“If one wishes to escape the risk of belief, it is as if one wanted to know with certainty that he can swim before going into the water.”
— Søren Kierkegaard, Philosophical Fragments, or, a Fragment of Philosophy
Tagged: Belief and Virtue, Encouragement
“But he who cannot unveil himself cannot love, and he who cannot love is the unhappiest one of all.”
— Søren Kierkegaard, A Quote by Søren Kierkegaard ×
Tagged: Openness, Love, Sadness, Unveiling, Trust
“Shut your eyes to everything else and do not let yourself be disturbed by people.”
— Søren Kierkegaard, Kierkegaard's Writings, XVI, Volume 16: Works of Love: Works of Love
Tagged: People, Self-Love
“It is perhaps the misfortune of my life that I am interested in far too much and not decisively in any one thing; all my interests are not subordinated to one but stand on an equal footing.”
— Søren Kierkegaard, Papers and Journals
Tagged: Life, preferences, equal attention, interests
“What if everything in the world were a misunderstanding, what if laughter were really tears?”
— Søren Kierkegaard, Either/Or: A Fragment Of Life
Tagged: Truth, Life, Reality
“I see it all perfectly; there are two possible situations - one can either do this or that. My honest opinion and my friendly advice is this: do it or do not do it - you will regret both.”
— Søren Kierkegaard, Either/Or: A Fragment Of Life
Tagged: Advice, Possession, Regret, actions
“Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.”
— Søren Kierkegaard, Unknown
“Don’t forget to love yourself.”
— Søren Kierkegaard, A Quote by Søren Kierkegaard ×
Tagged: reminder, Love Yourself, Encouragement
“Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.”
— Søren Kierkegaard, The Essential Kierkegaard
Tagged: Freedom, Anxiety, Too Many Possibilities
“Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.”
— Søren Kierkegaard, Fear and Trembling(Penguin Classics)
Tagged: How To Think, Life In The Light, The Person You'll Become, God Is Not A Person, prayer, Spirituality
“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.”
— Søren Kierkegaard, Both/and: Reading Kierkegaard : from Irony to Edification
Tagged: Best Days, Moving Forward
“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.”
— Søren Kierkegaard, Reading Kierkegaard : from Irony to Edification
Tagged: Future, Life, worries, Stress
“Actually it is the Press, more specifically the daily newspaper...which makes Christianity impossible.”
— Søren Kierkegaard, socrates.berkeley.edu
Tagged: Christianity, Meaningful Lives, Media, Media Meaning, Newspapers, The Press, WordPress, Fake News, Against The Media
“The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins.”
— Søren Kierkegaard, The Soul of Kierkegaard: Selections from His Journals
Tagged: Martyr, tyrant, martyr vs. tyrant, Martyrdom, tyranny, Rulers
“I have only one confidant,
and that is the silence of night.”
— Søren Kierkegaard, Either/Or: A Fragment Of Life
Tagged: Silence, Confidante
“Do it or don’t do it — you will regret both.”
— Søren Kierkegaard, Either/Or: A Fragment Of Life
Tagged: Choices, Decisions, Regret, Making Decisions
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