755 Quotes by Søren Kierkegaard

The stone that was rolled before Christ’s tomb might appropriately be called the philosopher’s stone because its removal gave not only the pharisees but, now for 1800 years, the philosophers so much to think about.

To stand on one leg and prove God’s existence is a very different thing from going down on one’s knees and thanking him.

Ulysses was not comely, but he was eloquent, Yet he fired two goddesses of the sea with love.

It occurs to me that artists go forward by going backward, something which I have nothing against intrinsically when it is a reproduced retreat – as is the case with the better artists.

It is impossible to exist without passion.

My depression is the most faithful mistress I have known – no wonder, then, that I return the love.

Only the one who descends into the underworld rescues the beloved.

Job endured everything – until his friends came to comfort him, then he grew impatient.

The most terrible fight is not when there is one opinion against another, the most terrible is when two men say the same thing – and fight about the interpretation, and this interpretation involves a difference of quality.