No one shall be forgotten who was great in this world; but everyone was great in his own way, and everyone in proportion to the greatness of what he loved. For he who loved himself became great in himself, and he who loved others became great through his devotion, but he who loved God became greater than all.
One became great through expecting the possible, another by expecting the eternal; but he who expected the impossible became greater than all.
There was one who was great in his strength, and one who was great in his wisdom, and one who was great in hope, and one who was great in love; but greater than all was Abraham,
great is that power whose strength is powerlessness,
great is that wisdom whose secret is folly,
great is that hope whose outward form is insanity,
great is that love which is hatred of self.
---Fear and Trembling
Soren Kierkegaard
2 comments:
Hi KAren...sorry for the long break from blogging and all....
I hope you are doing well....
Nice article....
you misspelled the guy's last name. It's he an existentialist or a Christian? I cannot tell why they call him an existentialist. Maybe I don't know what an existentialist really is.
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