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

There is peace and rest and comfort in sorrow

There is peace and rest and comfort in sorrow

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

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

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...

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

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

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

Listen to the cry of a woman in labor at the hour of giving birth...

Listen to the cry of a woman in labor at the hour of giving birth...

The highest and most beautiful things in life are not to be heard about, nor...

The highest and most beautiful things in life are not to be heard about, nor...

Because of its tremendous solemnity death is the light in which great passions, both good...

Because of its tremendous solemnity death is the light in which great passions, both good...

Love does not alter the beloved, it alters itself.

Love does not alter the beloved, it alters itself.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

Patience is necessary, and one cannot reap immediately where one has sown.

Patience is necessary, and one cannot reap immediately where one has sown.

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...

Patience is necessary, and one cannot reap immediately where one has sown.

Patience is necessary, and one cannot reap immediately where one has sown.

Take it and return it: the kiss of love

Take it and return it: the kiss of love

My words are the kisses I wish Id said, but they say kisses dont last,...

My words are the kisses I wish Id said, but they say kisses dont last,...

Kissing is like drinking salted water: you drink and your thirst increases

Kissing is like drinking salted water: you drink and your thirst increases

There is nothing in this world that never takes a step outside a person's heart.

There is nothing in this world that never takes a step outside a person's heart.