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Say Quotes by Soren Kierkegaard
- To the Christian, love is the works of love. To say that love is a feeling or anything of the kind is an unchristian conception…
- Talent warms-up the given (as they say in cookery) and makes it apparent; genius brings something new. But our time lets talent pass for genius.…
- It is (to describe it figuratively) as if an author were to make a slip of the pen, and as if this clerical error became…
- I found I had less and less to say, until finally, I became silent, and began to listen. I discovered in the silence, the voice…
- As my prayer became more attentive and inward, I had less and less to say. I finally became completely silent... This is how it is.…
- When you say 'Yes' or promise something, you can very easily deceive yourself and others also, as if you had already done what you promised.…
- Do you know of any more overwhelming and humbling expression for God's condescension and extravagance towards us human beings than that He places Himself, so…
- It is a wonderful thing to see a first-rate philosopher at prayer. Tough-minded thinking and tenderhearted reverence are friends, not enemies. We have for too…
- The most terrible fight is not when there is one opinion against another, the most terrible is when two men say the same thing --…
- God creates out of nothing. Wonderful you say. Yes, to be sure, but he does what is still more wonderful: he makes saints out of…
- Idleness, we are accustomed to say, is the root of all evil. To prevent this evil, work is recommended.... Idleness as such is by no…
- What is a poet? An unhappy man who hides deep anguish in his heart, but whose lips are so formed that when the sigh and…
- If someone who wanted to learn to dance were to say: For centuries, one generation after the other has learned the positions, and it is…
- How did I get into the world? Why was I not asked about it and why was I not informed of the rules and regulations…
- In the end, therefore, money will be the one thing people will desire, which is moreover only representative, an abstraction. Nowadays a young man hardly…
- It is perfectly true, as philosophers say, that life must be understood backwards. But they forget the other proposition, that it must be lived forwards.
More Say Quotes
- With a goose-quill and a few sheets of paper, I mock myself of the universe. They say I am the son of… — Pietro Aretino
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does not describe… — Dean Acheson
- Live never to be ashamed if anything you say or do is published around the world, even if what is said is… — Richard Bach
- I would definitely say the Oakland Raiders are the punk rock band of football. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- Compassion is not a popular virtue. Very often when I talk to religious people, and mention how important it is that compassion… — Karen Armstrong
- My mom was such a strong character. I don't want to say she was like a man, but she was tough. — Lance Armstrong
- I can honestly say - and it's a big surprise to me - that I have never had a dream about being… — Neil Armstrong
- I grew up in a working-class family, so I guess you could say I write from what I know. — Andrea Arnold
- I try to live my life where I end up at a point where I have no regrets. So I try to… — Darren Aronofsky
- Writing comes more easily if you have something to say. — Sholem Asch
- We must have a theme, a goal, a purpose in our lives. If you don't know where you're aiming, you don't have… — Mary Kay Ash