I thought maybe one day I'll manage to do something memorable (and good) for this world. In 2006 in my philosophy class I found a quote that convinced me not to have any expectations anymore:
"Only a dead man can dominate the situation in Denmark*. Licentiousness, envy, gossip, and mediocrity are everywhere supreme. Were I to die now the effect of my life would be exceptional; much of what I have simply jotted down carelessly in the Journals would become of great importance and have a great effect; for then people would have grown reconciled to me and would be able to grant me what was, and is, my right."
—Søren Kierkegaard, Journals (December 1849)
*as well as in the world
**from here
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Monday, January 30, 2006
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