Søren Kierkegaard

“The thing of supreme importance is to be rid of the crowd; for the effect of the crowd is to hamstring the whole cause by robbing it of its seriousness while heartfelt sympathy is pretended.”

“The movement of faith must ever be made by virtue of the absurd, but, note well, in such wise that one does not lose the things of this world but wholly and entirely regains them.”

“My melancholy is the most faithful sweetheart I have had—no wonder that I return the love!”