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The Sickness Unto Death QUOTES

The Sickness Unto Death QUOTES

1 " Just as a physician might say that there is very likely not one single living human being who is completely healthy, so anyone who really knows mankind might say there is not one single living human being who does not…secretly harbor an unrest, an inner strife, a disharmony, an anxiety about an unknown something or something he does not even dare to try to know, an anxiety about some possibility in existence or an anxiety about himself…an anxiety he cannot explain. "

― Søren Kierkegaard , The Sickness Unto Death

2 " It is an infinite merit to be able to despair. "

― Søren Kierkegaard , The Sickness Unto Death

3 " In the constant sociability of our age people shudder at solitude to such a degree that they know no other use to put it to but (oh, admirable epigram!) as a punishment for criminals. But after all it is a fact that in our age it is a crime to have spirit, so it is natural that such people, the lovers of solitude, are included in the same class with criminals. "

― Søren Kierkegaard , The Sickness Unto Death