If I am capable of grasping God objectively, I do not believe, but precisely because I cannot do this I must believe.
Soren KierkegaardAt one time my only wish was to be a police official. It seemed to me to be an occupation for my sleepless intriguing mind. I had the idea that there, among criminals, were people to fight: clever, vigorous, crafty fellows. Later I realized that it was good that I did not become one, for most police cases involve misery and wretchedness-not crimes and scandals.
Soren KierkegaardPeople demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
Soren KierkegaardEvery day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness; I have walked myself into my best thoughts.
Soren KierkegaardThe daily press is the evil principle of the modern world, and time will only serve to disclose this fact with greater and greater clearness. The capacity of the newspaper for degeneration is sophistically without limit, since it can always sink lower and lower in its choice of readers. At last it will stir up all those dregs of humanity which no state or government can control.
Soren Kierkegaard