Listen to the cry of a woman in labor at the hour of giving birth - look at the dying man's struggle at his last extremity, and then tell me whether something that begins and ends thus could be intended for enjoyment. Soren Kierkegaard beginbirthcry share on social
Personality is only ripe when a man has made the truth his own. Soren Kierkegaard makemanpersonality Change image and share on social
God creates out of nothing. Wonderful you say. Yes, to be sure, but he does what is still more wonderful: he makes saints out of sinners. Soren Kierkegaard creategodmake Change image and share on social
It was completely fruitless to quarrel with the world, whereas the quarrel with oneself was occasionally fruitful and always, she had to admit, interesting. Soren Kierkegaard admitcompletelyfruitful Change image and share on social
Love is all, it gives all, and it takes all. Soren Kierkegaard lovetake Change image and share on social
Boredom is the root of all evil - the despairing refusal to be oneself. Soren Kierkegaard boredomdespairevil Change image and share on social
Not just in commerce but in the world of ideas too our age is putting on a veritable clearance sale. Everything can be had so dirt cheap that one begins to wonder whether in the end anyone will want to make a bid. Soren Kierkegaard agebeginbid share on social
The paradox is really the pathos of intellectual life and just as only great souls are exposed to passions it is only the great thinker who is exposed to what I call paradoxes, which are nothing else than grandiose thoughts in embryo. Soren Kierkegaard callembryoexpose share on social
At the bottom of enmity between strangers lies indifference. Soren Kierkegaard bottomenmityindifference Change image and share on social
Concepts, like individuals, have their histories and are just as incapable of withstanding the ravages of time as are individuals. But in and through all this they retain a kind of homesickness for the scenes of their childhood. Soren Kierkegaard childhoodconcepthistory share on social
