Quotes from Soren Kierkegaard

If this had not been the case with Abraham, then perhaps he might have loved God but not believed; for he who loves God without faith reflects upon himself, he who loves God believingly reflects upon God.

If anyone thinks he has faith and yet is indifferent towards this possession, is neither cold nor hot, he can be certain that he does not have faith. If anyone thinks he is Christian and yet is indifferent towards his being a Christian, then he really is not one at all. What would we think of a man who affirmed that he was in love and also that it was a matter of indifference to him?

What is truth but to live for an idea?

To stand on one leg and prove God's existence is a very different thing from going on one's knees and thanking Him.

What looks like politics, and imagines itself to be political, will one day unmask itself as a religious movement.

Now, with God's help, I shall become myself.

Christ has not only spoken to us by his life but has also spoken for us by his death.

The highest and most beautiful things in life are not to be heard about, nor read about, nor seen but, if one will, are to be lived.

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

Philosophy always requires something more, requires the eternal, the true, in contrast to which even the fullest existence as such is but a happy moment.

Father in Heaven! When the thought of thee wakes in our hearts let it not awaken like a frightened bird that flies about in dismay, but like a child waking from its sleep with a heavenly smile.

Life has its own hidden forces which you can only discover by living.