How absurd men are! They never use the liberties they have, they demand those they do not have. They have freedom of thought, they demand freedom of speech. -Soren Kierkegaard Freedom
Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are. -Soren Kierkegaard Change
Marriage brings one into fatal connection with custom and tradition, and traditions and customs are like the wind and weather, altogether incalculable. -Soren Kierkegaard Marriage
There are, as is known, insects that die in the moment of fertilization. So it is with all joy: life's highest, most splendid moment of enjoyment is accompanied by death. -Soren Kierkegaard Death
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 Age
It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is most significant and important. -Soren Kierkegaard Dating
What is a poet? An unhappy person who conceals profound anguish in his heart but whose lips are so formed that as sighs and cries pass over them they sound like beautiful music. -Soren Kierkegaard Music
Faith is the highest passion in a human being. Many in every generation may not come that far, but none comes further. -Soren Kierkegaard Faith
Old age realizes the dreams of youth: look at Dean Swift; in his youth he built an asylum for the insane, in his old age he was himself an inmate. -Soren Kierkegaard Age
How absurd men are! They never use the liberties they have, they demand those they do not have. They have freedom of thought, they demand freedom of speech. -Soren Kierkegaard Men
What is a poet? An unhappy person who conceals profound anguish in his heart but whose lips are so formed that as sighs and cries pass over them they sound like beautiful music. -Soren Kierkegaard Poetry
