Kierkegaard on “the waltz of the moment”:
[…] instead of […] learning to seize the eternal, you only learn to chase the life out of yourself and out of the next person and out of the moment – in your chase after the moment. If you come along though, if you just once dance the waltz of the moment, then you’ve lived, then you become the envy of the less fortunate, who even though they’re not born, but rush headfirst into life, and continue to rush headfirst forward, and never get there, then you’ve lived […]
Vigilius Haufniensis,
The Concept of Anxiety
[…] istedenfor […] at lære at gribe det Evige, lærer man kun at jage Livet af sig selv og sin Næste og af Øieblikket – i sin Jagen efter Øieblikket. Naar man blot kan komme med, blot eengang føre Øieblikkets Valts op, da har man levet, da bliver man misundt af de Ulykkelige, der skjøndt de ikke fødes, men hovedkuls styrte ind i Livet og hovedkuls vedblive at styrte frem, aldrig naae det, da har man levet […]
Vigilius Haufniensis,
Begrebet Angest
