Saturday, August 31, 2013

Soren Kierkegaard thoughts




  • 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. 
  • Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.
  • Be that self which one truly is.
  • Boredom is the root of all evil - the despairing refusal to be oneself. 
  • Don't forget to love yourself. 
  • During the first period of a man's life the greatest danger is not to take the risk. 
  • Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.
  • Faith is the highest passion in a human being. Many in every generation may not come that far, but none comes further. 
  • Far from idleness being the root of all evil, it is rather the only true good. 
  • God creates out of nothing. Wonderful you say. Yes, to be sure, but he does what is still more wonderful: he makes saints out of sinners.
  • 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. 
  • If I am capable of grasping God objectively, I do not believe, but precisely because I cannot do this I must believe. 
  • It is so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey. 
  •  It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is most significant and important. 

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