Søren Kierkegaard Quotes

“No, not one shall be forgotten who was great in the world. But each was great in his own way, and each in proportion to the greatness of that which he loved. For he who loved himself became great by himself, and he who loved other men became...”

― Søren Kierkegaard, Fear and Trembling

topic:love greatness

“I am convinced that God is love, this thought has for me a primitive lyrical validity.”

― Søren Kierkegaard, Fear and Trembling

topic:love God

“If this had not been the case with Abraham, then perhaps he might have loved God but not believed; for he who loves God without faith reflects upon himself, he who loves God believingly reflects upon God.”

― Søren Kierkegaard, Fear and Trembling

topic:love God faith

“Death is not the end of the sickness, but death is incessantly the end.”

― Søren Kierkegaard, The Sickness Unto Death

topic:death

“The greatest hazard of all, losing the self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all. No other loss can occur so quietly; any other loss—an arm, a leg, five dollars, a wife, etc. —is sure to be noticed.”

― Søren Kierkegaard, The Sickness Unto Death

topic:self loss

“So soon as I talk I express the universal, and if I do not do so, no one can understand me.”

― Søren Kierkegaard, Fear and Trembling

topic:understanding talking

“Silence is the snare of the demon, and the more one keeps silent, the more terrifying the demon becomes; but silence is also the mutual understanding between the Deity and the individual.”

― Søren Kierkegaard, Fear and Trembling

topic:understanding silence

“Philosophy cannot and should not give faith, but it should understand itself and know what it has to offer and take nothing away, and least of all should fool people out of something as if it were nothing.”

― Søren Kierkegaard, Fear and Trembling

topic:understanding philosophy faith

“People commonly travel around the world to see rivers and mountains, new stars, birds of rare plumage, queerly deformed fishes, ridiculous breeds of men—they abandon themselves to the bestial stupor which gapes at existence, and they think they...”

― Søren Kierkegaard, Fear and Trembling

topic:nature travel sight

“It is human to lament, human to weep with them that weep, but it is greater to believe, more blessed to contemplate the believer.”

― Søren Kierkegaard, Fear and Trembling

topic:belief

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