I feel like Kierkegaard
These starkly candid autobiographical quotes from Søren Kierkegaard really hit home with me when I first read them in Either/Or a few weeks back, and they’ve been on my mind ever since, so I thought I’d put them up here for posterity.
I have, I believe, the courage to doubt everything; I have, I believe, the courage to fight against everything; but I do not have the courage to acknowledge anything, the courage to possess, to own, anything.
My soul has lost possibility. If I were to wish for something, I would wish not for wealth or power but for the passion of possibility, for the eye, eternally young, eternally ardent, that sees possibility everywhere. Pleasure disappoints; possibility does not.
I love, love, love Kierkegaard. Someday I hope to spell his name correctly, then move on to understanding his philosophies. I feel that’s the best order in which to do it.
Lauren
Sunday, September 21, 2008 at 10:36 pm
Are you married to Audra?
Random question from a random person, I know.
Jess Martens
Saturday, October 25, 2008 at 7:25 pm
Haha! That’s okay, I don’t mind at all. No, actually Audra is my sister.
Matt
Monday, October 27, 2008 at 7:39 am