I feel as if I were a piece in a game of chess, when my opponent says of it: That piece cannot be moved.

Quote by Soren Kierkegaard

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To cheat oneself out of love is the most terrible deception; it is an eternal...

To cheat oneself out of love is the most terrible deception; it is an eternal...

It was completely fruitless to quarrel with the world, whereas the quarrel with oneself was...

It was completely fruitless to quarrel with the world, whereas the quarrel with oneself was...

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

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

At the bottom of enmity between strangers lies indifference.

At the bottom of enmity between strangers lies indifference.

Purity of heart is to will one thing.

Purity of heart is to will one thing.

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

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

What our age lacks is not reflection, but passion.

What our age lacks is not reflection, but passion.

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...

It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is...

It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is...

Trouble is the common denominator of living. It is the great equalizer.

Trouble is the common denominator of living. It is the great equalizer.

What is a poet? An unhappy person who conceals profound anguish in his heart but...

What is a poet? An unhappy person who conceals profound anguish in his heart but...

Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.

Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.

Marriage brings one into fatal connection with custom and tradition, and traditions and customs are...

Marriage brings one into fatal connection with custom and tradition, and traditions and customs are...

People commonly travel the world over to see rivers and mountains, new stars, garish birds,...

People commonly travel the world over to see rivers and mountains, new stars, garish birds,...

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.

Far from idleness being the root of all evil, it is rather the only true...

Far from idleness being the root of all evil, it is rather the only true...

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...

Boredom is the root of all evil - the despairing refusal to be oneself.

Boredom is the root of all evil - the despairing refusal to be oneself.

People understand me so poorly that they don't even understand my complaint about them not...

People understand me so poorly that they don't even understand my complaint about them not...

The more a man can forget, the greater the number of metamorphoses which his life...

The more a man can forget, the greater the number of metamorphoses which his life...