"Just as in the great moment of..." - Quote by Soren Kierkegaard
Just as in the great moment of resignation one does not mediate but chooses, now the task is to gain proficiency in repeating the impassioned choice and, existing, to express it in existence.
More by Soren Kierkegaard
“What the philosophers have to say about reality is often as disappointing as a sign you see in a shop window, which reads Pressing Done Here. If you brought your clothes in to be pressed, you would be fooled: for the sign is only for sale.”
“It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is most significant and important.”
“The more a person limits himself, the more resourceful he becomes.”
More on Choice
“The ability to understand people is a choice.”
“You seem to think that everyone can save money if they have the character to do it. As a matter of fact, there are innumerable people who have a wide choice between saving and giving their children the best possible opportunities. The decision is usually in favor of the children.”
“Nothing in life has any meaning except the meaning you give it.”
More on Existence
“I hope we're not just human garbage drifting toward a big sewer. But I think so.”
“Heaven is long-enduring, and earth continues long. The reason why heaven and earth are able to endure and continue thus long is because they do not live of, or for, themselves.”
“What frightens me is that men are content with what is not life at all.”