"On the whole, the longing for solitude is……" — Soren Kierkegaard
"On the whole, the longing for solitude is a sign that there still is spirit in a person and is a measure of what spirit there is."
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358 Quotes by Soren Kierkegaard
Soren Kierkegaard has 358 quotes on this site.
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When you read God's Word, you must constantly be saying to yourself, "It is talking to me, and about me".
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Nowadays not even a suicide kills himself in desperation. Before taking the step he deliberates so long and so carefully…
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Instruction begins when you, the teacher, learn from the learner; put yourself in his place so that you may understand…
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It is the duty of the human understanding to understand that there are things which it cannot understand, and what…
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I divide my time as follows: half the time I sleep, the other half I dream. I never dream when…
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Most people live dejectedly in worldly joys or sorrows. They sit on the sidelines and do not join the dance.
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Learning to know anxiety is an adventure which every man has to affront if he would not go to perdition…
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The conclusions of passion are the only reliable ones.
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To stand on one leg and prove God's existence is a very different thing from going down on one's knees…
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People generally think that it is the world, the environment, external relationships, which stand in one's way, in the way…
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Teach me, 0 God, not to torture myself, not to make a martyr out of myself through stifling reflection, but…
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What our age lacks is not reflection, but passion.
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The desire is thy prayers; and if thy desire is without ceasing, thy prayer will also be without ceasing. The…
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Discontent with this world gives such a painful longing to quit it that, if the heart finds comfort, it is…
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A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to your longing with full instruction,…
— Henry Ward Beecher
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There is an immense, painful longing for a broader, more flexible, fuller, more coherent, more comprehensive account of what we…
— Saul Bellow
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Ardent love or desire introduced, as passionately longing to please and glorify the Divine Being, to be in every respect…
— David Brainerd
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I was always longing to do, emotionally and physically, what my male counterparts always got to do. I just felt…
— Sandra Bullock
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The longing we have to communicate cleanly and directly with people is always obstructed by qualifications and often with concern…
— John le Carre
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Women have always been the strong ones of the world. The men are always seeking from women a little pillow…
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Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Hence the end of the world should be awaited with all longing by all believers.
— William Ames
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A house means a family house, a place specially meant for putting children and men in so as to restrict…
— Marguerite Duras
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I'm thinking of you, that's all I do, all the time. You're always the first and the last thing on…
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