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Category Archive: 1813

Soren Kierkegaard Quote: “Old age realizes the dreams of…”

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.

October 25, 2021 1813, Danish, May 5, Quotes by Philosophers, Soren Kierkegaard

Soren Kierkegaard Quote: “Trouble is the common denominator of…”

Trouble is the common denominator of living. It is the great equalizer.

October 5, 2021 1813, Danish, May 5, Quotes by Philosophers, Soren Kierkegaard

Soren Kierkegaard Quote: “Concepts, like individuals, have their histories…”

Concepts, like individuals, have their histories and are just as incapable of withstanding the ravages of time as are individuals. But in and through all this they retain a kind of homesickness for the scenes of their childhood.

October 4, 2021 1813, Danish, May 5, Quotes by Philosophers, Soren Kierkegaard

Soren Kierkegaard Quote: “Prayer does not change God, but…”

Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.

October 3, 2021 1813, Danish, May 5, Quotes by Philosophers, Soren Kierkegaard

Soren Kierkegaard Quote: “If I am capable of grasping…”

If I am capable of grasping God objectively, I do not believe, but precisely because I cannot do this I must believe.

September 16, 2021 1813, Danish, May 5, Quotes by Philosophers, Soren Kierkegaard

Soren Kierkegaard Quote: “Purity of heart is to will…”

Purity of heart is to will one thing.

September 2, 2021 1813, Danish, May 5, Quotes by Philosophers, Soren Kierkegaard

Soren Kierkegaard Quote: “Marriage brings one into fatal connection…”

Marriage brings one into fatal connection with custom and tradition, and traditions and customs are like the wind and weather, altogether incalculable.

August 31, 2021 1813, Danish, May 5, Quotes by Philosophers, Soren Kierkegaard

Arthur Helps Quote: “There are no better cosmetics than…”

There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a gracious temper and calmness of spirit; and there is no true beauty without the signatures of these graces in the very countenance.

August 26, 2021 1813, Arthur Helps, British, July 10, Quotes by Historians

Arthur Helps Quote: “Keep your feet on the ground…”

Keep your feet on the ground, but let your heart soar as high as it will. Refuse to be average or to surrender to the chill of your spiritual environment.

August 24, 2021 1813, Arthur Helps, British, July 10, Quotes by Historians

Soren Kierkegaard Quote: “Take away paradox from the thinker…”

Take away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor.

August 23, 2021 1813, Danish, May 5, Quotes by Philosophers, Soren Kierkegaard

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