More quotes by Søren Kierkegaard

"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards."
"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."
"Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced."
"What looks like politics, and imagines itself to be political, will one day unmask itself as a religious movement."
"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."