Soren Kierkegaard Quotes on Life
Soren Kierkegaard was a 19th-century Danish philosopher, theologian, and religious author, widely regarded as the first existentialist thinker. This page collects quotes attributed to Soren Kierkegaard on the topic of life, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Soren Kierkegaard:
“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.”
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Attributed to Soren Kierkegaard:
“The most common form of despair is not being who you are.”
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Attributed to Soren Kierkegaard:
“To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself.”
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Attributed to Soren Kierkegaard:
“There is nothing with which every man is so afraid as getting to know how enormously much he is capable of doing and becoming.”
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Attributed to Soren Kierkegaard:
“Boredom is the root of all evil.”