More quotes by Søren Kierkegaard

"The most common form of despair is not being who you are."
"No woman in maternity confinement can have stranger and more impatient wishes than I have."
"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards."
"The stone that was rolled before Christ's tomb might appropriately be called the philosopher's stone because its removal gave not only the pharisees but, now for 1800 years, the philosophers so much to think about."
"People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use."