More from Søren Kierkegaard
People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought, which they avoid.
Either/Or Part I, Swenson Translation p. 19To dare is to lose one’s footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself.
The tyrant dies and his rule is over; the martyr dies and his rule begins.
The Journals of Søren Kierkegaard, 1840s, 1848
More about philosophy
Love, while always forgiving of imperfections and mistakes, can never cease to will their removal.
Aim at Heaven and you will get Earth thrown in. Aim at Earth and you get neither.
C. S. Lewis1898–1963Mere Christianity (1952), Book III, Chapter 10, “Hope”
