The only analogy I have before me is Socrates. My task is a Socratic task, to revise the definition of what it is to be a Christian. For my part I do not call myself a "Christian" (thus keeping the ideal free), but I am able to make it evident that the others are still less than I.
Soren KierkegaardWhen you were called, did you answer or did you not? Perhaps softly and in a whisper?
Soren KierkegaardFreedom's possibility is not the ability to choose the good or the evil. The possibility is to be able.
Soren KierkegaardI have only one friend, and that is echo. Why is it my friend? Because I love my sorrow, and echo does not take it away from me. I have only one confidant, and that is the silence of night. Why is it my confidant? Because it remains silent.
Soren Kierkegaard