Kierkegaard

“There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.”

“I see it all perfectly; there are two possible situations — one can either do this or that. My honest opinion and my friendly advice is this: do it or do not do it — you will regret both.”

 “My standpoint is armed neutrality.”

“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” 

“Without risk, faith is an impossibility.”

 “It is so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey.”

 “Faith is the highest passion in a human being. Many in every generation may not come that far, but none comes further.”

 “At the bottom of enmity between strangers lies indifference.”

“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.”

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

“The truth is a snare: you cannot have it, without being caught. You cannot have the truth in such a way that you catch it, but only in such a way that it catches you.”

“People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.”

“Truth always rests with the minority, and the minority is always stronger than the majority, because the minority is generally formed by those who really have an opinion, while the strength of a majority is illusory, formed by the gangs who have no opinion -- and who, therefore, in the next instant (when it is evident that the minority is the stronger) assume its opinion... while truth again reverts to a new minority.”

 “During the first period of a man's life the greatest danger is not to take the risk.”

 “Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it.”

“Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.”

“Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.”

 “Never cease loving a person, and never give up hope for him, for even the prodigal son who had fallen most low, could still be saved; the bitterest enemy and also he who was your friend could again be your friend; love that has grown cold can kindle”

 “A fire broke out backstage in a theatre. The clown came out to warn the public; they thought it was a joke and applauded. He repeated it; the acclaim was even greater. I think that’s just how the world will come to an end: to general applause from wits who believe it’s a joke.”

Boy ... do i ever know that feeling.