755 Quotes by Søren Kierkegaard

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

Dread is a womanish debility in which freedom swoons. Psychologically speaking, the fall into sin always occurs in impotence. But dread is at the same time the most egotistic thing.

Christendom has done away with Christianity without being quite aware of it.

People generally think that it is the world, the environment, external relationships, which stand in one's way, in the way of ones' good fortune... and at bottom it is always man himself that stands in his own way.

Absolute passion cannot be understood by a third party.

Sleeping is the height of genius

Who am I? How did I come into the world? Why was I not consulted?

Deep within every man there lies the dread of being alone in the world, forgotten by God, overlooked among the tremendous household of millions and millions.

Boredom is the root of all evil - the despairing refusal to be oneself.