So often, we have become over-dependant on authority figures whether it's our family, our elders, our government, our leaders, some authors, some historical figure, some speaker, some (fill in the blanks) ... all of them have a place along our journey but they are not meant to stiffle our growth, close our minds, or worse suffocate our "work in progress" thinking ... for me, at best they have walked with me as I "work out" the "sums" confronting me. At times, their corrections are most helpful but it has not been in anyway "condescending". That encourages growth into maturity :-)
"There are many people who reach their conclusions about life like schoolboys; they cheat their master by copying the answer out of a book without having worked out the sum for themselves." ~ Soren Kierkegaard, Jan 17, 1837
Posted by sivinkit at August 13, 2005 05:53 PMthought provoking quote
Posted by: David at August 14, 2005 12:50 AMDavid ~ S.K has a way with words ... perhaps his tragic life sensitized him more than others.
Posted by: Sivin Kit at August 14, 2005 01:00 AMNietzsche was also great with words- to bad he used his skills against Christianity.
Posted by: Lycaphim at August 14, 2005 02:08 PM