More quotes by Søren Kierkegaard

"Philosophy cannot and should not give us an account of faith, but should understand itself and know just what it has indeed to offer, without taking anything away, least of all cheating people out of something by making them think it is nothing."
"The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays."
"Faith is the highest passion in a human being. Many in everygeneration may not come that far, but none comes further."
"People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use."
"What looks like politics, and imagines itself to be political, will one day unmask itself as a religious movement."