Soren Kierkegaard Quotes (16+)

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Faith is precisely this paradox, that the individual as the individual is higher than the universal.

Patience is necessary, and one cannot reap immediately where one has sown.

Be that self which one truly is.

The truth is a trap: you cannot get it without it getting you.

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

Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.

A fire broke out backstage in a theatre. The clown came out to warn the public; they thought it was a joke.

It is better to try something and fail than to try nothing and succeed.

Without risk, faith is an impossibility.

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

There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.

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

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Søren Kierkegaard (1813–1855) was a Danish philosopher and theologian who is widely considered the first existentialist philosopher. His work focused on the individual's subjective experience, faith, and the 'leap of faith.'