Søren Kierkegaard. Fear and trembling (№ 352140)

Faith is the highest passion in a man. In each generation, there may be many people who do not come to her, but no one goes further. <...> But even for someone who never comes to faith in life has enough challenges and if the person honestly loves his life is not wasted, even if he can never be compared to those who perceived and grasped the highest.