. . .the larger the crowd, the more probable that that which it praises is folly, and the more improbable that it is truth; and the most improbable of all that it is any eternal truth.
- Soren Kierkegaard
More Quotes By Soren Kierkegaard
Christ was crucified because he would have nothing to do with the crowd (even though he addressed himself... Death is not earnest in the same way the eternal is. To the earnestness of death belongs precisely... Truth is not something you can appropriate easily and quickly. You certainly cannot sleep or dream yourself to... The absurd . . . the fact that with God all things are possible. The absurd is not... It is easy to see, though it scarcely needs to be pointed out, since it is involved in... Wherever there is a crowd there is untruth.
The truth is lived before it is understood. It must be fought for, tested, and appropriated. Truth is... In the eyes of God, the infinite spirit, all the millions that have lived and now live do... Any truth is only true up to a certain point. When one oversteps the mark, it becomes a... Truth has always had many loud proclaimers, but the question is whether a person will in the deepest... The crucial thing is to find a truth which is truth for me, to find the idea for... To cheat oneself out of love is the most terrible deception; it is an eternal loss for which... The truth must essentially be regarded as in conflict with this world; the world has never been so... Philosophy always requires something more, requires the eternal, the true, in contrast to which even the fullest existence... Do not interrupt the flight of your soul; do not distress what is best in you; do not...
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