Author: Soren Kierkegaard

Quotes

Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts.

Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts.

- Soren Kierkegaard

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

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

- Soren Kierkegaard

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.

- Soren Kierkegaard

Old age realizes the dreams of youth: look at Dean Swift; in his youth he built an asylum for the insane, in his old age he was himself an inmate.

Old age realizes the dreams of youth: look at Dean Swift; in his youth he built an asylum for the insane, in his old age he was himself an inmate.

- Soren Kierkegaard

Life has its own hidden forces which you can only discover by living.

Life has its own hidden forces which you can only discover by living.

- Soren Kierkegaard

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

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

- Soren Kierkegaard

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

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

- Soren Kierkegaard

Don't forget to love yourself.

Don't forget to love yourself.

- Soren Kierkegaard

The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.

The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.

- Soren Kierkegaard

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