"The difference between an admirer [of Christ] and a follower [of Christ] still remains, no matter where you are. The admirer never makes any true sacrifices. He always plays it safe. Though in words, phrases, songs, he is inexhaustible about how highly he prizes Christ, he renounces nothing, gives up nothing, will not reconstruct his life, will not be what he admires, and will not let his life express what it is he supposedly admires. Not so with the follower. No, no. The follower aspires with all his strength, with all his will to be what he admires."

-----Soren Kierkegaard