Soren Kierkegaard

Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are. ↗

— Soren Kierkegaard

#changes #face #facts #you

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

— Soren Kierkegaard

#footing #lose #momentarily #oneself

Faith is the highest passion in a human being. Many in every generation may not come that far, but none comes further. ↗

— Soren Kierkegaard

#come #comes #every #faith #far

If I am capable of grasping God objectively, I do not believe, but precisely because I cannot do this I must believe. ↗

— Soren Kierkegaard

#because #believe #cannot #capable #god

During the first period of a man's life the greatest danger is not to take the risk. ↗

— Soren Kierkegaard

#during #first #greatest #greatest danger #life

Be that self which one truly is. ↗

— Soren Kierkegaard

#truly #which

Since my earliest childhood a barb of sorrow has lodged in my heart. As long as it stays I am ironic if it is pulled out I shall die. ↗

— Soren Kierkegaard

#barb #childhood #die #earliest #heart

It belongs to the imperfection of everything human that man can only attain his desire by passing through its opposite. ↗

— Soren Kierkegaard

#belongs #desire #everything #his #human

Love does not alter the beloved, it alters itself. ↗

— Soren Kierkegaard

#alters #beloved #does #itself #love

The truth is a snare: you cannot have it, without being caught. You cannot have the truth in such a way that you catch it, but only in such a way that it catches you. ↗

— Soren Kierkegaard

#cannot #catch #catches #caught #only