"What our age lacks is not reflection, but…" — Soren Kierkegaard

"What our age lacks is not reflection, but passion."

— Soren Kierkegaard

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358 Quotes by Soren Kierkegaard

Soren Kierkegaard has 358 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

When you read God's Word, you must constantly be saying to yourself, "It is talking to me, and about me".
Nowadays not even a suicide kills himself in desperation. Before taking the step he deliberates so long and so carefully…
Instruction begins when you, the teacher, learn from the learner; put yourself in his place so that you may understand…
It is the duty of the human understanding to understand that there are things which it cannot understand, and what…
I divide my time as follows: half the time I sleep, the other half I dream. I never dream when…
Most people live dejectedly in worldly joys or sorrows. They sit on the sidelines and do not join the dance.
Learning to know anxiety is an adventure which every man has to affront if he would not go to perdition…
The conclusions of passion are the only reliable ones.
To stand on one leg and prove God's existence is a very different thing from going down on one's knees…
People generally think that it is the world, the environment, external relationships, which stand in one's way, in the way…
Teach me, 0 God, not to torture myself, not to make a martyr out of myself through stifling reflection, but…
And this is the simple truth - that to live is to feel oneself lost. He who accepts it has…

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More Age Quotes

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To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would… — Hannah Arendt
We live in an age of instant knowledge. And there's almost a sense of entitlement to that. — J. J. Abrams
Education is the best provision for old age. — Aristotle
Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age. — Aristotle
It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims. — Aristotle
I love things that age well - things that don't date, that stand the test of time and that become… — Giorgio Armani
I knew from the age of 16 that I wanted to be a writer because I just didn't think I… — Paul Auster
The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next. — Matthew Arnold
You can fake your age or mask it, but the passion that moves the characters has to be real. — Victoria Abril
In every age 'the good old days' were a myth. No one ever thought they were good at the time.… — Brooks Atkinson
Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise. — Margaret Atwood
For years I wanted to be older, and now I am. — Margaret Atwood

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