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Kierkegaard QUOTES

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

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

  • It belongs to the imperfection of everything human that man can only attain his desire by passing through its opposite.

  • 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.



  • Don't forget to love yourself.

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

  • A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him.

  • The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins.

  • The task must be made difficult, for only the difficult inspires the noble-hearted.

  • It is the duty of the human understanding to understand that there are things which it cannot understand, and what those things are.

  • “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, a wife, etc. - is sure to be noticed.”

  • A fire broke out backstage in a theatre. The clown came out to warn the public; they thought it was a joke and applauded. He repeated it; the acclaim was even greater. I think that's just how the world will come to an end: to general applause from wits who believe it's a joke


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