Søren Kierkegaard Quotes
1813 – 1855
Danish philosopher and theologian, considered a founder of existentialism. Wrote on anxiety, faith and the individual in 'The Concept of Anxiety' (1844).
48 quotesAbout Søren Kierkegaard on Wikipedia
“The more one suffers, the more, I believe, has one a sense for the comic.”
“The next day is a powerless nothing if you yourself do not give it your strength.”
“How absurd men are! They never use the liberties they have, they demand those they do not have.”
“Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it.”
“Marry, and you will regret it. Do not marry, and you will also regret it.”
“Man is a synthesis of psyche and body, but he is also a synthesis of the temporal and the eternal.”
“The truth is a trap: you cannot get it without it getting you.”
“The truth is always in the minority, and the minority is always stronger than the majority.”
“A man's personality is matured only when he appropriates the truth.”
“The tyrant dies and his rule is over; the martyr dies and his rule begins.”
“One must learn to know oneself before knowing anything else.”
