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

Quote by Soren Kierkegaard

Topics: Harmony Quotes, Winter Quotes

A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that...

A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that...

Irony is a disciplinarian feared only by those who do not know it, but cherished...

Irony is a disciplinarian feared only by those who do not know it, but cherished...

Old age realizes the dreams of youth: look at Dean Swift; in his youth he...

Old age realizes the dreams of youth: look at Dean Swift; in his youth he...

Only when it is a duty to love, only then is love eternally and happily...

Only when it is a duty to love, only then is love eternally and happily...

The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins

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...

Since my earliest childhood a barb of sorrow has lodged in my heart. As long...

People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they...

People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they...

Don't forget to love yourself.

Don't forget to love yourself.

Personality is only ripe when a man has made the truth his own.

Personality is only ripe when a man has made the truth his own.

Since boredom advances and boredom is the root of all evil, no wonder, then, that...

Since boredom advances and boredom is the root of all evil, no wonder, then, that...

Love keeps the cold out better than a cloak.

Love keeps the cold out better than a cloak.

I feel as if I were a piece in a game of chess, when my...

I feel as if I were a piece in a game of chess, when my...

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

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

Purity of heart is to will one thing.

Purity of heart is to will one thing.

The truth is a snare: you cannot have it, without being caught. You cannot have...

The truth is a snare: you cannot have it, without being caught. You cannot have...

Faith is the highest passion in a human being. Many in every generation may not...

Faith is the highest passion in a human being. Many in every generation may not...

Life must be understood backwards; but... it must be lived forward.

Life must be understood backwards; but... it must be lived forward.

Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you...

Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you...

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

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

Take away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor.

Take away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor.