Inspiration from the School of Soren Kierkegaard

In the spirit of deeper thought and reflection, here are come quotes from Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard. I think they are worth reading and being inspired by.

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

Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forward.

If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of the potential, for the eye which, ever young and ardent, sees the possible. Pleasure disappoints, possibility never. And what wine is so sparkling, what so fragrant, what so intoxicating, as possibility!

Once you label me you negate me.

Adversity draws men together and produces beauty and harmony in life’s relationships, just as the cold of winter produces ice-flowers on the window-panes, which vanish with the warmth.

Be that self which one truly is.

What phrase stands out to you?