755 Quotes by Søren Kierkegaard

A ‘no’ does not hide anything, but a ‘yes’ very easily becomes a deception.

There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.

I see it all perfectly; there are two possible situations – one can either do this or that. My honest opinion and my friendly advice is this: do it or do not do it – you will regret both.

Oh, can I really believe the poet’s tales, that when one first sees the object of one’s love, one imagines one has seen her long ago, that all love like all knowledge is remembrance, that love too has its prophecies in the individual.

Don’t forget to love yourself.

Nothing is as heady as the wine of possibility.

The most painful state of being is remembering the future, particularly the one you’ll never have.

If you think you understand, it isn’t God.

The more people who believe something, the more apt it is to be wrong. The person who’s right often has to stand alone.