Full Idea
A significant feature of our system of values is that it provides many more values than we could pursue. ...We encounter values as possibilities, and we must accept or reject them.
Gist of Idea
There are far more values than we can pursue, so they are optional possibilities
Source
John Kekes (The Human Condition [2010], 03.1)
Book Reference
Kekes,John: 'The Human Condition' [OUP 2010], p.50
A Reaction
This immediately invites the lovely question of what values you are going to invoke when you discriminate among the values available in your culture. Nietzsche says it comes down to 'taste'.