Søren Kierkegaard

Quotes

• “It will be easy for us once we receive the ball of yarn from Ariadne (love) and then go through all the mazes of the labyrinth (life) and kill the monster. But how many are there who plunge into life (the labyrinth) without taking that precaution?”

• “I have just now come from a party where I was its life and soul; witticisms streamed from my lips, everyone laughed and admired me, but I went away — yes, the dash should be as long as the radius of the earth’s orbit ——————————— and wanted to shoot myself.”

• “The tyrant dies and his rule is over; the martyr dies and his rule begins.”

• “Since my earliest childhood a barb of sorrow has lodged in my heart. As long as it stays I am ironic — if it is pulled out I shall die.”

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

Books by Søren Kierkegaard in order

Books by Søren Kierkegaard in the order they were published, from The Concept of Irony (1841) to Spiritual Writings Gift Creation Love Selections From The Upbuilding Discourses (2010).

1. 1The Concept of IronyThe Concept of Irony1841
2. 2Either OrEither Or1843
3. 3Fear and TremblingFear and Trembling1843
4. 4RepetitionRepetition1843
5. 5Kierkegaard's The Concept of DreadKierkegaard's The Concept of Dread1844
6. 6The Concept of DreadThe Concept of Dread1844
7. 7The Sickness Unto DeathThe Sickness Unto Death1849
8. 8The Present AgeThe Present Age1851
9. 9Repetition & Notes on the Eternal RecurrenceRepetition & Notes on the Eternal Recurrence2007
10. 10Spiritual Writings Gift Creation Love Selections From The UpSpiritual Writings Gift Creation Love Selections From The Upbuilding Discourses2010
11. 11A Kierkegaard AnthologyA Kierkegaard Anthology
12. 12Edifying DiscoursesEdifying Discourses
13. 13Fear and Trembling and the Sickness Unto DeathFear and Trembling and the Sickness Unto Death
14. 14Johannes ClimacusJohannes Climacus
15. 15Kierkegaard's Attack upon "Christendom," 1854-1855Kierkegaard's Attack upon "Christendom," 1854-1855
16. 16Kierkegaard's WritingsKierkegaard's Writings
17. 17Living Thoughts of KierkegaardLiving Thoughts of Kierkegaard
18. 18Philosophical Fragments, or, A Fragment of PhilosophyPhilosophical Fragments, or, A Fragment of Philosophy
19. 19ProvocationsProvocations
20. 20Stages on Life's WayStages on Life's Way
21. 21The journals of Søren KierkegaardThe journals of Søren Kierkegaard
22. 22The Seducer's DiaryThe Seducer's Diary
23. 23Works of LoveWorks of Love