“ He does not become someone other than he was before, he becomes himself; consciousness unites. Just as an heir, even if he inherits all the world’s treasures, does not own them before coming of age, even the richest personality is nothing before he has chosen himself, and on the other hand, even what might be called the poorest personality is everything when he has chosen himself ”
 Søren Kierkegaard, Either/Or (1843). copy citation