More quotes by Søren Kierkegaard

"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."
"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards."
"The most common form of despair is not being who you are."
"The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays."
"What looks like politics, and imagines itself to be political, will one day unmask itself as a religious movement."