Soren Kierkegaard Quotes

There are two kinds of geniuses. The characteristic of the one is roaring, but the lightning is meagre and rarely strikes; the other kind is characterized by reflection by which it constrains itself or restrains the roaring. But the lightning is all the more intense; with the speed and sureness of lightning it hits the selected particular points - and is fatal.

Soren Kierkegaard

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• I think I'd say that my whole body of work is a reflection of who I am, but not any one specific thing.

  

  Zooey Deschanel
  • Work
  • Reflection

• The problem with writing a monthly book is that you're going through your work like a man running for a bus, red-faced and out of breath. There isn't time for reflection or critical self-examination.

  

  J. Michael Straczynski
  • Time
  • Work
  • Writing

• I really do feel now that the way I dress onstage and for work is a true reflection of my own sense of style as well.

  

  Rachel Stevens
  • Work
  • True
  • Style

• The shock caused by the September 11 events has also lead to a thorough reflection on the existing disparity between rich and poor countries, on the misery of populations of the South.

  

  Omar Bongo
  • Rich
  • Reflection
  • September

• I love lamps. I can't stand overhead lighting. I have to have everything on a dimmer.

  

  Kate Spade
  • Love
  • Stand
  • Lighting

• A democratic civilization will save itself only if it makes the language of the image into a stimulus for critical reflection - not an invitation for hypnosis.

  

  Umberto Eco
  • Reflection

• The great moral teachers of humanity were, in a way, artistic geniuses in the art of living.

  

  Albert Einstein
  • Great
  • Humanity
  • Moral

• The public properly relies upon FDA classification of drugs as nonprescription as a reflection of the agency's judgment regarding the safety and proper use of a drug without a doctor's prescription.

  

  Loretta Lynch
  • Safety
  • Drug
  • Reflection

• Faith is not a product of reflection, nor is it even an attempt to penetrate the depths of my own being.

  

  Pope Benedict XVI
  • Faith
  • Reflection

• Americans are notoriously ill-equipped for self-reflection. We're usually a very boisterous, outward-moving bunch of people, but we don't understand that much about ourselves or how other people perceive us.

  

  Mark Frost
  • People
  • Moving
  • Reflection

• But when one believes that you've been appointed by God for a particular mission in history, you have to be very careful about that, how you speak about that. Where is the self-reflection in that? Where is the humility in that?

  

  Jim Wallis
  • God
  • History
  • Reflection

• On reflection, I think the 1980s were a dreadful, abysmal time.

  

  Pete Burns
  • Time
  • Reflection

• Heroes have always served as a reflection of their times, a template of who we are and what we want to be.

  

  David Grann
  • Reflection

• Over the last 50 years or so, we have seen an increasing cultural diversification across the country. Accents are a reflection of society, and as society changes, so accents change.

  

  David Crystal
  • Country
  • Society
  • Reflection

• The elections that have taken place in these countries are a reflection of the lure of Democracy, and the resilience of our men and women in uniform who helped bring freedom to many who never knew what the word truly meant.

  

  Jim Sensenbrenner
  • Men
  • Women
  • Freedom

• Theological reflection takes place within history, but the history within which it takes place is an ongoing, open-ended process.

  

  David Novak
  • History
  • Reflection

• 'Quantum Conundrum' is a direct reflection, not just of me, but of our entire team. It has a little bit of all of our personalities in it.

  

  Kim Swift
  • Team
  • Reflection

• Each time you see a Western movie, it's a good reflection of where things are in the world at that time. It's probably one of the purest forms of cinema that really tells you where the world is.

  

  Antoine Fuqua
  • Time
  • World
  • Good

• To tolerate existence, we lie, and we lie above all to ourselves. Sometimes we tell ourselves lovely tales, sometimes petty lies. Falsehoods protect us, mitigate suffering, allow us to avoid the terrifying moment of serious reflection, they dilute the horrors of our time, they even save us from ourselves.

  

  Elena Ferrante
  • Suffering
  • Existence
  • Reflection

• What is freedom, in the end, but that no one cares any longer to try to restrain us?

  

  Naomi Alderman
  • Trying
  • Ends
  • Cares

• 'm really proud of it. To me, it's a movie about character behavior and the pecking order of the pack, as well as the central character's massive survival guilt.

  

  Dwight Yoakam
  • Character
  • Movie
  • Proud

• There are two kinds of geniuses. The characteristic of the one is roaring, but the lightning is meagre and rarely strikes; the other kind is characterized by reflection by which it constrains itself or restrains the roaring. But the lightning is all the more intense; with the speed and sureness of lightning it hits the selected particular points - and is fatal.

  

  Soren Kierkegaard
  • Reflection
  • Characteristic
  • Geniuses