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Top 30 Erling Kagge Quotes (2025 Update)

Erling Kagge Quote: “Alle disse dage, der kom og gik, ej vidste jeg, at de var livet.”

1. “Alle disse dage, der kom og gik, ej vidste jeg, at de var livet.”

— Erling Kagge

Erling Kagge Quote: “After having put my shoes on and let my thoughts wander, I am sure of one thing – to put one foot in front of the other is one of the most important things we do.”

2. “After having put my shoes on and let my thoughts wander, I am sure of one thing – to put one foot in front of the other is one of the most important things we do.”

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Erling Kagge Quote: “Shutting out the world is not about turning your back on your surroundings, but rather the opposite: it is seeing the world a bit more clearly, staying a course and trying to love your life. Silence in itself is rich. It is exclusive and luxurious. A key to unlock new ways of thinking. I don’t regard it as a renunciation or something spiritual, but rather as a practical resource for living a richer life.”

3. “Shutting out the world is not about turning your back on your surroundings, but rather the opposite: it is seeing the world a bit more clearly, staying a course and trying to love your life. Silence in itself is rich. It is exclusive and luxurious. A key to unlock new ways of thinking. I don’t regard it as a renunciation or something spiritual, but rather as a practical resource for living a richer life.”

— Erling Kagge

Erling Kagge Quote: “The secret to walking to the South Pole is to put one foot in front of the other, and to do this enough times. On a purely technical scale this is quite simple. Even a mouse can eat an elephant if it takes small enough bites. The challenge lies in the desire.”

4. “The secret to walking to the South Pole is to put one foot in front of the other, and to do this enough times. On a purely technical scale this is quite simple. Even a mouse can eat an elephant if it takes small enough bites. The challenge lies in the desire.”

— Erling Kagge

Erling Kagge Quote: “Satisfaction is also a matter of sacrifice.”

5. “Satisfaction is also a matter of sacrifice.”

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Erling Kagge Quote: “We do have enough time. Life is long, if we listen to ourselves often enough, and look up.”

6. “We do have enough time. Life is long, if we listen to ourselves often enough, and look up.”

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Erling Kagge Quote: “For many people, it’s about FOMO, the “fear of missing out,” or “the fear of losing a special moment.” Eyal describes this as the brilliant driver for Instagram. And this last part is true: the app at the very least is nearly brilliant. But that moment which he is referring to is not necessarily something special. On the contrary. There aren’t enough special moments, so we end up making do – repetitive and mundane moments are documented instead.”

7. “For many people, it’s about FOMO, the “fear of missing out,” or “the fear of losing a special moment.” Eyal describes this as the brilliant driver for Instagram. And this last part is true: the app at the very least is nearly brilliant. But that moment which he is referring to is not necessarily something special. On the contrary. There aren’t enough special moments, so we end up making do – repetitive and mundane moments are documented instead.”

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Erling Kagge Quote: “I believe it’s possible for everyone to discover this silence within themselves. It is there all the time, even when we are surrounded by constant noise. Deep down in the ocean, below the waves and ripples, you can find your internal silence. Standing in the shower, letting the water wash over your head, sitting in front of a crackling fire, swimming across a forest lake or taking a walk over a field: all these can be experiences of perfect stillness too. I love that.”

8. “I believe it’s possible for everyone to discover this silence within themselves. It is there all the time, even when we are surrounded by constant noise. Deep down in the ocean, below the waves and ripples, you can find your internal silence. Standing in the shower, letting the water wash over your head, sitting in front of a crackling fire, swimming across a forest lake or taking a walk over a field: all these can be experiences of perfect stillness too. I love that.”

— Erling Kagge

Erling Kagge Quote: “Journeys of discovery are not something you start doing, but something you gradually stop doing.”

9. “Journeys of discovery are not something you start doing, but something you gradually stop doing.”

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Erling Kagge Quote: “Allow the world to vanish when you go into it. To listen is to search for new opportunities, to seek fresh challenges. The most important book you can read is the one about yourself. It is open.”

10. “Allow the world to vanish when you go into it. To listen is to search for new opportunities, to seek fresh challenges. The most important book you can read is the one about yourself. It is open.”

— Erling Kagge

Erling Kagge Quote: “According to a much-referenced study, we humans are worse at concentrating than a goldfish. Humans today lose their concentration after eight seconds, while the goldfish averaged nine.”

11. “According to a much-referenced study, we humans are worse at concentrating than a goldfish. Humans today lose their concentration after eight seconds, while the goldfish averaged nine.”

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Erling Kagge Quote: “Words can destroy the atmosphere. They are unsatisfactory. Yes, it is incredible to share grand experiences with others, but talking about it may distance us from what is happening.”

12. “Words can destroy the atmosphere. They are unsatisfactory. Yes, it is incredible to share grand experiences with others, but talking about it may distance us from what is happening.”

— Erling Kagge

Erling Kagge Quote: “To walk is something much larger than a list of advantages you can read in an ad for vitamins... Why do we walk? Where do we walk from and what is our destination? We all have our own answers. Even if you and I walk next to each other, we can experience the walk differently.”

13. “To walk is something much larger than a list of advantages you can read in an ad for vitamins... Why do we walk? Where do we walk from and what is our destination? We all have our own answers. Even if you and I walk next to each other, we can experience the walk differently.”

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Erling Kagge Quote: “Their heads are now filled with more ambitions than questions.”

14. “Their heads are now filled with more ambitions than questions.”

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Erling Kagge Quote: “Antartica has a mission as an unknown land. I believe that we need places that have not been fully explored.”

15. “Antartica has a mission as an unknown land. I believe that we need places that have not been fully explored.”

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Erling Kagge Quote: “You cannot wait for it to get quiet. Not in New York, nor anywhere else. You must create your own silence.”

16. “You cannot wait for it to get quiet. Not in New York, nor anywhere else. You must create your own silence.”

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Erling Kagge Quote: “The starry sky is the truest friend in life, when you’ve first become acquainted; it is ever there, it gives ever peace, ever reminds you that your restlessness, your doubt, your pains are passing trivialities.”

17. “The starry sky is the truest friend in life, when you’ve first become acquainted; it is ever there, it gives ever peace, ever reminds you that your restlessness, your doubt, your pains are passing trivialities.”

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Erling Kagge Quote: “Wonder is the very engine of life.”

18. “Wonder is the very engine of life.”

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Erling Kagge Quote: “Helberg understood the way that words create boundaries for our experiences. He wanted to avoid a situation in which members of his group were continuously remarking to each other throughout the day on just how ‘amazing’ everything was, instead of actually concentrating on it being amazing.”

19. “Helberg understood the way that words create boundaries for our experiences. He wanted to avoid a situation in which members of his group were continuously remarking to each other throughout the day on just how ‘amazing’ everything was, instead of actually concentrating on it being amazing.”

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Erling Kagge Quote: “Whenever I am unable to walk, climb or sail away from the world, I have learned to shut it out. Learning this took time. Only when I understood that I had a primal need for silence was I able to begin my search for it – and there, deep beneath a cacophony of traffic noise and thoughts, music and machinery, iPhones and snow ploughs, it lay in wait for me. Silence.”

20. “Whenever I am unable to walk, climb or sail away from the world, I have learned to shut it out. Learning this took time. Only when I understood that I had a primal need for silence was I able to begin my search for it – and there, deep beneath a cacophony of traffic noise and thoughts, music and machinery, iPhones and snow ploughs, it lay in wait for me. Silence.”

— Erling Kagge

Erling Kagge Quote: “The struggle lies between the ears, not in the feet,’ I wrote after the journey to the North Pole. If the body’s able but we can’t convince the head, it isn’t easy to get anywhere.”

21. “The struggle lies between the ears, not in the feet,’ I wrote after the journey to the North Pole. If the body’s able but we can’t convince the head, it isn’t easy to get anywhere.”

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Erling Kagge Quote: “By ethics, Wittgenstein means the very meaning of life. Not even science is able to find words for something like that. ‘Ethics so far as it springs from the desire to say something about the ultimate meaning of the life, the absolute good, the absolute valuable, can be no science.’ It must be shown, thought and felt.”

22. “By ethics, Wittgenstein means the very meaning of life. Not even science is able to find words for something like that. ‘Ethics so far as it springs from the desire to say something about the ultimate meaning of the life, the absolute good, the absolute valuable, can be no science.’ It must be shown, thought and felt.”

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Erling Kagge Quote: “Another form of luxury is to be unavailable. To turn your back on the daily din is a privilege. Letting others take over tasks in your absence. The decision not to reply to text messages or pick up when the phone rings.”

23. “Another form of luxury is to be unavailable. To turn your back on the daily din is a privilege. Letting others take over tasks in your absence. The decision not to reply to text messages or pick up when the phone rings.”

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Erling Kagge Quote: “Where fear is ever present you will never tire of pleasure in the relationship. It sounds brutal, but Stendhal is right. Life is brutal. I am living dangerously when I take a relationship for granted. Most people think climbing Everest is very risky, but things usually work out. However, taking reciprocal love for granted – I would never dare do that.”

24. “Where fear is ever present you will never tire of pleasure in the relationship. It sounds brutal, but Stendhal is right. Life is brutal. I am living dangerously when I take a relationship for granted. Most people think climbing Everest is very risky, but things usually work out. However, taking reciprocal love for granted – I would never dare do that.”

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Erling Kagge Quote: “If you’re told as a child that you can’t draw, it’s easy to believe it to be true for the rest of your life.”

25. “If you’re told as a child that you can’t draw, it’s easy to believe it to be true for the rest of your life.”

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Erling Kagge Quote: “Which paths lead to silence? Certainly trips into the wild. Leave your electronics at home, take off in one direction until there’s nothing around you. Be alone for three days. Don’t talk to anyone. Gradually you will rediscover other sides of yourself.”

26. “Which paths lead to silence? Certainly trips into the wild. Leave your electronics at home, take off in one direction until there’s nothing around you. Be alone for three days. Don’t talk to anyone. Gradually you will rediscover other sides of yourself.”

— Erling Kagge

Erling Kagge Quote: “I don’t knit, but when I watch someone who does, I think that they must have found some of the same inner peace that I discovered during my expeditions, even if their surroundings are not as quiet.”

27. “I don’t knit, but when I watch someone who does, I think that they must have found some of the same inner peace that I discovered during my expeditions, even if their surroundings are not as quiet.”

— Erling Kagge

Erling Kagge Quote: “Boredom can be described as a lack of purpose... boredom always gives the feeling of being held captive.”

28. “Boredom can be described as a lack of purpose... boredom always gives the feeling of being held captive.”

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Erling Kagge Quote: “Silence is about rediscovering, through pausing, the things that bring us joy.”

29. “Silence is about rediscovering, through pausing, the things that bring us joy.”

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Erling Kagge Quote: “Silence in itself is rich. It is exclusive and luxurious. A key to unlock new ways of thinking. I don’t regard it as a renunciation or something spiritual, but rather as a practical resource for living a richer life. Or, to put it in more ordinary terms, as a deeper form of experiencing life than just turning on the TV to watch the news, again.”

30. “Silence in itself is rich. It is exclusive and luxurious. A key to unlock new ways of thinking. I don’t regard it as a renunciation or something spiritual, but rather as a practical resource for living a richer life. Or, to put it in more ordinary terms, as a deeper form of experiencing life than just turning on the TV to watch the news, again.”

— Erling Kagge

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