Quotes by Kierkegaard, Soren

It is the duty of the human understanding to understand that there are >>

The paradox is really the pathos of intellectual life and just as only >>

God creates out of nothing. Wonderful you say. Yes, to be sure, but he >>

Quotations about Deliberation

Nowadays not even a suicide kills himself in desperation. Before takin >>

Reflection makes men cowards. >>

Deliberation. The act of examining one's bread to determine which side >>

Nowadays not even a suicide kills himself in desperation. Before taking the step he deliberates so long and so carefully that he literally chokes with thought. It is even questionable whether he ought to be called a suicide, since it is really thought which takes his life. He does not die with deliberation but from deliberation.

Kierkegaard, Soren