Quotes by Kierkegaard, Soren

The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change t >>

Because of its tremendous solemnity death is the light in which great >>

Purity of heart is to will one thing. >>

Quotations about Life and Living

I believe that life is a journey, often difficult and sometimes incred >>

Most people think life sucks, and then you die. Not me. I beg to diffe >>

Living is like working out a long addition sum, and if you make a mist >>

It is quite true what Philosophy says: that Life must be understood backwards. But that makes one forget the other saying: that it must be lived --forwards. The more one ponders this, the more it comes to mean that life in the temporal existence never becomes quite intelligible, precisely because at no moment can I find complete quiet to take the backward-looking position.

Kierkegaard, Soren