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Philosophical literature10 quotes
Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom. — Soren Kierkegaard · 1844I see it all perfectly; there are two possible situations-one can do either this or that. My honest opinion and my friendly advice is this: do it or do not do it-you will regret both. — Soren Kierkegaard · 1843If anyone on the verge of action should judge himself according to the outcome, he would never begin. — Soren Kierkegaard · 1843The greatest hazard of all, losing one’s self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all. No other loss can occur so quietly; any other loss-an arm, a leg, five dollars, a wife, etc.-is sure to be noticed. — Soren Kierkegaard · 1849For without risk, no faith; the more risk, the more faith; the more objective dependability, the less inwardness (since inwardness is precisely subjectivity); the less objective dependability, the deeper the possible inwardness. — Soren Kierkegaard · 1846What is a poet? An unhappy man who hides deep anguish in his heart, but whose lips are so formed that when the sigh and cry pass through them, it sounds like lovely music. — Soren Kierkegaard · 1843All 10 quotes →Religious literature1 quote
People commonly travel the world over to see rivers and mountains, new stars, garish birds, freak fish, grotesque breeds of human; they fall into an animal stupor that gapes at existence, and they think they have seen something. — Soren Kierkegaard · 1843