Soren Kierkegaard Quotes & Sayings (Page 5)

“Love is all, it gives all, and it takes all.”

“Because of its tremendous solemnity death is the light in which great passions, both good and bad, become transparent, no longer limited by outward appearences.”

“The truth is a snare: you cannot have it, without being caught. You cannot have the truth in such a way that you catch it, but only in such a way that it catches you.”

“The more a man can forget, the greater the number of metamorphoses which his life can undergo; the more he can remember, the more divine his life becomes.”

“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.”

“Love does not alter the beloved, it alters itself.”

“It is so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey.”

“Take away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor.”

“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.”

“It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is most significant and important.”