If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of potential -- for the eye which, ever young and ardent, sees the possible. Pleasure disappoints; possibility never.

Quote by Soren Kierkegaard

Topics: Power Quotes, Wealth Quotes, Wishes Quotes

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.

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...

There is nothing with which every man is so afraid as getting to know how...

There is nothing with which every man is so afraid as getting to know how...

It belongs to the imperfection of everything human that man can only attain his desire...

It belongs to the imperfection of everything human that man can only attain his desire...

Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts.

Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts.

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.

Purity of heart is to will one thing.

Purity of heart is to will one thing.

Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness.

Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness.

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...

One can advise comfortably from a safe port.

One can advise comfortably from a safe port.

To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself.

To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself.

What our age lacks is not reflection, but passion.

What our age lacks is not reflection, but passion.

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,...

The paradox is really the pathos of intellectual life and just as only great souls...

The paradox is really the pathos of intellectual life and just as only great souls...

It is so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey.

It is so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey.

Take it and return it: the kiss of love

Take it and return it: the kiss of love

God creates out of nothing. Wonderful you say. Yes, to be sure, but he does...

God creates out of nothing. Wonderful you say. Yes, to be sure, but he does...

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

It is better that a man should tyrannize over his bank balance than over his...

It is better that a man should tyrannize over his bank balance than over his...

Today the tyrant rules not by club or fist, but disguised as a market researcher,...

Today the tyrant rules not by club or fist, but disguised as a market researcher,...