Soren Kierkegaard

I begin with the principle that all men are bores. Surely no one will prove himself so great a bore as to contradict me in this.

Patience is necessary, and one cannot reap immediately where one has sown.

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

In a republic, that paradise of debility, the politician is a petty tyrant who obeys the laws.

It's good to like yourself, and that only comes from hard work, from doing. But vanity is dangerous; it can trip you badly.