About Søren Kierkegaard
1813 – 1855
Danish philosopher and theologian, considered a founder of existentialism. Wrote on anxiety, faith and the individual in 'The Concept of Anxiety' (1844).
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“Something the heart must have to cherish, must love and joy and sorrow learn.”
“Pure and complete sorrow is as impossible as pure and complete joy.”
“It's the great mystery of human life that old grief passes gradually into quiet tender joy.”
“Happy, even in anguish, is he to whom God has given a soul worthy of love and of grief!”
“Grief may be joy misunderstood; Only the Good discerns the good.”