"Why I so much prefer autumn to spring……" — Soren Kierkegaard

"Why I so much prefer autumn to spring is that in the autumn one looks at heaven--in the spring at the earth."

— 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…
What our age lacks is not reflection, but passion.

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More Autumn Quotes

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I came back out here from England and I was there for a while and it was beautiful and it… — Orlando Bloom
Summer ends, and Autumn comes, and he who would have it otherwise would have high tide always and a full… — Hal Borland
A woodland in full color is awesome as a forest fire, in magnitude at least, but a single tree is… — Hal Borland
Autumn arrives in early morning, but spring at the close of a winter day. — Elizabeth Bowen
Autumn wins you best by this its mute appeal to sympathy for its decay. — Robert Browning
I trust in nature for the stable laws of beauty and utility. Spring shall plant and autumn garner to the… — Robert Browning
Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower. — Albert Camus
If you look around, complacency is the great disease of your autumn years, and I work hard to prevent that. — Nick Cave
Now Autumn's fire burns slowly along the woods and day by day the dead leaves fall and melt. — William Allingham
Love the trees until their leaves fall off, then encourage them to try again next year. — Backseat Goodbye
There are a thousand flowers blossoming in spring, The magical light of the full moon in autumn; There is a… — Wumen Huikai
A few days ago I walked along the edge of the lake and was treated to the crunch and rustle… — Unknown Author

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