Soren Kierkegaard

Were I to wish for anything I would not wish for wealth and power, but for the passion of the possible, that eye which everywhere, ever young, ever burning, sees possibility. Pleasure disappoints, not possibility.

Søren Kierkegaard

What a misfortune to be a woman! And yet, the worst misfortune is not to understand what a misfortune it is.

Søren Kierkegaard

What we call worldliness simply consists of such people who, if one may so express it, pawn themselves to the world.

Søren Kierkegaard

When all combine in every way to make everything easier, people will want difficulty. I conceived it as my task to make difficulties everywhere.

Søren Kierkegaard

Wherever there is a crowd there is untruth.

Søren Kierkegaard

Whoever has learned to be anxious in the right way has learned the ultimate.

Søren Kierkegaard

With every increase in the degree of consciousness, and in proportion to that increase, the intensity of despair increases: the more consciousness the more intense the despair.

Søren Kierkegaard

With respect to physical existence, one needs little, and to the degree that one needs less, the more perfect one is.

Søren Kierkegaard