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

At the bottom of enmity between strangers lies indifference.

At the bottom of enmity between strangers lies indifference.

Don't forget to love yourself.

Don't forget to love yourself.

Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.

Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.

Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.

Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.

I begin with the principle that all men are bores. Surely no one will prove...

I begin with the principle that all men are bores. Surely no one will prove...

To dare is to lose ones footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself.

To dare is to lose ones footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself.

One can advise comfortably from a safe port.

One can advise comfortably from a safe port.

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

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

Love keeps the cold out better than a cloak.

Love keeps the cold out better than a cloak.

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...

Take it and return it: the kiss of love

Take it and return it: the kiss of love

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...

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

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

Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts.

Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts.

How absurd men are! They never use the liberties they have, they demand those they...

How absurd men are! They never use the liberties they have, they demand those they...

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...

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...

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...

Sentimental irony is a dog that bays at the moon while pissing on graves

Sentimental irony is a dog that bays at the moon while pissing on graves

As soon as you stop wanting something, you get it.

As soon as you stop wanting something, you get it.