Inspirational Quotes by Soren Kierkegaard
“If this had not been the case with Abraham, then perhaps he might have loved God but not believed; for he who loves God without faith reflects upon himself, he who loves God believingly reflects upon God.”
“He follows his heart's desire, but having found what he sought he wanders round to everyone's door with his song and speech, so that all can admire the hero as he does, be proud of the hero as he is.”
“You should therefore say: alone in one's boat, alone with one's care, alone with one's despair, which one is craven enough to want rather to keep than submit to the pain of being healed.”
“My depression is the most faithful mistress I have known -- no wonder, then, that I return the love.”
“The present state of the world and the whole of life is diseased. If I were a doctor and were asked for my advice, I would reply: Create silence! The Word of God cannot be heard in the noisy world of today. And even if it were blazoned forth with all the panoply of noise so that it could be heard in the midst of all the other noise, then it would no longer be the Word of God. Therefore create Silence.”
“At vove er at miste fodfæstet et kort øjeblik - ikke at vove er at miste sig selv.”
“Ceea ce îmi lipseşte de fapt e să îmi lămuresc mie însumi ce trebuie să fac, nu ce trebuie să cunosc, decât în măsura în care cunoaşterea precede în mod necesar orice act. Important e să înţeleg menirea mea, să văd ce vrea de fapt Dumnezeirea ca eu să fac; e necesar să găsesc un adevăr care e adevăr pentru mine, să aflu ideea pentru care vreau să trăiesc şi să mor. La ce mi-a folosit până acum să descopăr câte un adevăr aşa-zis obiectiv, să îmi croiesc calea prin sistemele filozofilor, putând, atunci când mi se cerea, să le trec în revistă, să demonstrez inconsecvenţele din fiecare cerc în parte, [...] la ce bun că ştiam să fac expuneri despre importanţa creştinismului, să explic o mulţime de fenomene particulare, dacă toate acestea n-aveau nicio semnificaţie mai profundă pentru mine şi viaţa mea?”
“There is no more deadly peril than disobedience; States are devoured by it, homes laid in ruins, Armies defeated, victory turned to rout. White simple obedience saves the lives of hundreds Of honest folk." - Creon”
topics: antigone , creon , deadly , defeat , disobedience , obedience , obedience-vs-disobedience , peril , ruin , saving-lives , simple-obedience , sophocles , the-theban-plays
“Money! Money's the curse of man, none greater. That's what wrecks cities, banishes men from homes, Tempts and deludes the most well-meaning soul, Pointing out the way to infamy and shame." - Creon”
topics: antigone , creon , curse , curse-of-man , infamy , money , shame , sophocles , temptation , the-theban-plays
“Both noun (eusebia) and verb (sebizo) derive from the Greek root seb-, which refers to the awe that radiates from gods to humans and is given back as worship. Everything related to this root has fear in it.”
“The only fundamental basis for understanding is that one himself becomes what he understands and one understands only in proportion to becoming himself that which he understands.”
― Soren Kierkegaard ,
from Journals and Papers
topics: understanding
“Alas! How sad when reasoners reason wrong.”
“But if I am young, thou shouldest look to my merits, not to my years.”
“If Hegel had written the whole of his logic and then said, in the preface or some other place, that it was merely an experiment in thought in which he had even begged the question in many places, then he would certainly have been the greatest thinker who had ever lived. As it is, he is merely comic.”
― Soren Kierkegaard ,
from Journals
“So here I am, against my will and yours too, well I know-- no one wants the man who brings bad news.”
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Kierkegaard left the task of discovering the meaning of his works to the reader, because "the task must be made difficult, for only the difficult inspires the noble-hearted". Scholars have interpreted Kierkegaard variously as an existentialist, neo-orthodoxist, postmodernist, humanist, and individualist.
Crossing the boundaries of philosophy, theology, psychology, and literature, he is an influential figure in contemporary thought.