Soren Kierkegaard Quotes, Thoughts and images

Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.

Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.

The most common form of despair is not being who you are.

The most common form of despair is not being who you are.

People demand freedom of speech as compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.

People demand freedom of speech as compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.

Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.

Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.

Take a chance and you may lose. Take not a chance and you have lost already.

Take a chance and you may lose. Take not a chance and you have lost already.

People settle for a level of despair they can tolerate and call it happiness.

People settle for a level of despair they can tolerate and call it happiness.

God creates everything out of nothing. And everything which God is to use, he first reduces to nothing

God creates everything out of nothing. And everything which God is to use, he first reduces to nothing

The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.

The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.

Unhappy person is never present to themself because they always live in the past or the future.

Unhappy person is never present to themself because they always live in the past or the future.

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

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

Once you label me you negate me.

Once you label me you negate me.

It is not the path which is the difficulty; rather, it is the difficulty which is the path.

It is not the path which is the difficulty; rather, it is the difficulty which is the path.

Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts.

Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts.

It is the duty of the human understanding to understand that there are things which it cannot understand.

It is the duty of the human understanding to understand that there are things which it cannot understand.

It is not the path that is the difficulty; rather, it is the difficulty that is the path.

It is not the path that is the difficulty; rather, it is the difficulty that is the path.

Confidence is the present tense of hope.

Confidence is the present tense of hope.

Do it or don't do it - you will regret both.

Do it or don't do it - you will regret both.

The question is not "To be or not to be," it is what we should be until we are not.

The question is not "To be or not to be," it is what we should be until we are not.

Face the facts of being what you are, for that, is what changes what you are.

Face the facts of being what you are, for that, is what changes what you are.

It is not where we breathe, but where we Love, that we live.

It is not where we breathe, but where we Love, that we live.

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

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

The thing that cowardice fears most is decision

The thing that cowardice fears most is decision

Without risk, there is no faith, and the greater the risk, the greater the faith.

Without risk, there is no faith, and the greater the risk, the greater the faith.

Wherever there is a crowd there is untruth.

Wherever there is a crowd there is untruth.

The future is everything that past has forgotten.

The future is everything that past has forgotten.

Life is lived forwards but understood backwards.

Life is lived forwards but understood backwards.

I'm so misunderstood that people misunderstand me even when I tell them I'm misunderstood.

I'm so misunderstood that people misunderstand me even when I tell them I'm misunderstood.

To be a woman is something so strange, so confusing and so complicated that only a woman could put up with it.

To be a woman is something so strange, so confusing and so complicated that only a woman could put up with it.

To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself.

To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself.