Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it. – Søren Kierkegaard
I see it all perfectly: there are two possibilities, one can either do this or do that. My honest opinion and friendly advice is this: do it or do not do it, you will regret both. – Søren Kierkegaard
Life can only be understood backward, but it must be lived forward. – Søren Kierkegaard
Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays. – Søren Kierkegaard
Take particular care of your books…. When you lend a book to any one, make a memorandum of it before it leaves your house, and when it is returned cancel the entry. Every Passover and Tabernacles call in all your books that are out on loan. – Judah Ibn Tibbon, advice to son, quoted by Israel Abrahams, Jewish Life in the M