God creates out of nothing. Wonderful you say. Yes, to be sure, but he does what is still more wonderful: he makes saints out of sinners.

Soren Kierkegaard

More information about this quote

Topic

God and man Salvation

Author

Soren Kierkegaard

Source

Journals of Soren Kierkegaard

Medium

Personal journal

Language

Danish

Time

1838 1830s 19th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

From

Denmark Europe

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Kierkegaard, Soren. Journal entry. 7 July 1838.

Current Citation

Kierkegaard, Soren. The Journals of Kierkegaard, translated by Alexander Dru. Harper Torch, 1959.

Illustrated Quote

A quote by Soren Kierkegaard about god and man: “God creates out of nothing. Wonderful you say. Yes, to be sure, but he…”
Download
A quote by Soren Kierkegaard about god and man: “God creates out of nothing. Wonderful you say. Yes, to be sure, but he…”
Download
A quote by Soren Kierkegaard about god and man: “God creates out of nothing. Wonderful you say. Yes, to be sure, but he…”
Download

Related Quotes

Below are one or more quotes that share at least one tag with the quote at the top of the page

Another quote by Soren Kierkegaard

Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.

Soren Kierkegaard

The Concept of Anxiety

Buy The Concept of Anxiety at Amazon Buy The Concept of Anxiety at Amazon
More information about this quote
Topic
Anxiety Freedom

Author

Soren Kierkegaard
Source
The Concept of Anxiety
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
Danish
Time
1844 1840s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Kierkegaard, Soren. Begrebet Angest [The Concept of Anxiety]. C. A. Reitzel, 1844.

Current Citation

Kierkegaard, Soren. The Concept of Anxiety, translated by Jeanette B L Knox. Mercer University Press, 2008.

Another quote from the 1830s

Over all, rocks, wood, and water, brooded the spirit of repose, and the silent energy of nature stirred the soul to its inmost depths.

Thomas Cole

Essay on American Scenery

More information about this quote
Topic
Power of nature Nature

Author

Thomas Cole
Source
Essay on American Scenery
Genre
Nature writing
Language
English
Time
1836 1830s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Cole, Thomas. "Essay on American Scenery." American Monthly Magazine, 1 Jan. 1836.

Another quote about Salvation

Beauty will save the world.

Adelaida

Quoted in The Idiot, by Fyodor Dostoevsky

More information about this quote
Topic
Beauty Salvation
Speaker
Adelaida

Author

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Source
The Idiot
Medium
Novel
Language
Russian
Time
1869 1860s 19th century
Authentication Score 1
Original Citation

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor. "Идиот [The Idiot]." The Russian Messenger, 1868–69.

Current Citation

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor. The Idiot, translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volkhonsky. Vintage, 2003, pt. 1, ch. 6.