Famous Quotes by Soren Kierkegaard

Below are famous quotes by Soren Kierkegaard - Danish philosopher (1813 - 1855).

A poet is an unhappy being whose heart it torn by secret sufferings, but whose lips are so strangely formed that when the sighs and the cries escape them, they sound like beautiful music... and then people crowd about the poet and say to him: "Sing for us soon again;" that is as much as to say. "May new sufferings torment your soul."

Far from idleness being the root of all evil, it is rather the only true good.

If a man cannot forget, he will never amount to much.

In addition to my other numerous acquaintances, I have one more intimate confidant. My depression is the most faithful mistress I have known -- no wonder, then, that I return the love.

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

Life has its own hidden forces which you can only discover by living.

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

Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it.

Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it.

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

Prayer does not change God, but changes him who prays.

The most painful state of living is remembering the future.

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