Quotes from Soren Kierkegaard

The unhappy person is never present to themself because they always live in the past or the future.

Future is everything that past has forgotten.

I found I had less and less to say, until finally, I became silent, and began to listen. I discovered in the silence, the voice of God

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.

Not just in commerce but in the world of ideas too our age is putting on a veritable clearance sale. Everything can be had so dirt cheap that one begins to wonder whether in the end anyone will want to make a bid.

Listen to the cry of a woman in labor at the hour of giving birth -look at the dying man's struggle at his last extremity, and then tell me whether something that begins and ends thus could be intended for enjoyment.

To cheat oneself out of love is the most terrible deception; it is an eternal loss for which there is no reparation, either in time or in eternity

Love keeps the cold out better than a cloak.

Only when it is a duty to love, only then is love eternally and happily secured against despair.

Take it and return it: the kiss of love

Don't forget to love yourself.

Love is my Sword, Goodness my Armor, And Humor my Shield

Love is all, it gives all, and it takes all.

At different states in our lives, the signs of love may vary: dependence, attraction, contentment, worry, loyalty, grief, but at the heart, the source is always the same. Human beings have the rare capacity to connect with each other, against all odds.

Never cease loving a person, and never give up hope for him, for even the prodigal son who had fallen most low, could still be saved; the bitterest enemy and also he who was your friend could again be your friend; love that has grown cold can kindle