These two essays probably will essentially be able to interest only theologians. (Preface) - Søren Kierkegaard

It is a question of discovering a truth which is truth for me, of finding the idea for which I am willing to live and die.

There is a view of life which conceives that where the crowd is, there is also truth. There is another view of life which conceives that wherever there is a crowd, there is untruth.

Do you not know that there comes a midnight hour when every one has to throw off his mask? Do you believe that life will always let itself be mocked? Do you think you can slip away a little before midnight to avoid this?