"Life must be understood backwards; but... it must……" — Soren Kierkegaard

"Life must be understood backwards; but... it must be lived forward."

— Soren Kierkegaard

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358 Quotes by Soren Kierkegaard

Soren Kierkegaard has 358 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

When you read God's Word, you must constantly be saying to yourself, "It is talking to me, and about me".
Nowadays not even a suicide kills himself in desperation. Before taking the step he deliberates so long and so carefully…
Instruction begins when you, the teacher, learn from the learner; put yourself in his place so that you may understand…
It is the duty of the human understanding to understand that there are things which it cannot understand, and what…
I divide my time as follows: half the time I sleep, the other half I dream. I never dream when…
Most people live dejectedly in worldly joys or sorrows. They sit on the sidelines and do not join the dance.
Learning to know anxiety is an adventure which every man has to affront if he would not go to perdition…
The conclusions of passion are the only reliable ones.
To stand on one leg and prove God's existence is a very different thing from going down on one's knees…
People generally think that it is the world, the environment, external relationships, which stand in one's way, in the way…
Teach me, 0 God, not to torture myself, not to make a martyr out of myself through stifling reflection, but…
What our age lacks is not reflection, but passion.

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More Backwards Quotes

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I'm treading the backward path. Mostly, I just waste my time. — Syd Barrett
The first movie I saw - and I don't know if it influenced me - was Ben Hur. We watched… — Roberto Benigni
Reactionary: a man walking backwards with his face to the future. — Aneurin Bevan
There are two ways to extend a business. Take inventory of what you're good at and extend out from your… — Jeff Bezos
I was feeling real good and real manly. Until a real cowboy walked by and told me I had my… — Michael Biehn
People always joke that 'dog' spells 'god' backwards. They should consider that it might be the higher power coming down… — Linda Blair
Intimacies between women often go backwards, beginning in revelations and ending in small talk. — Elizabeth Bowen
I try to avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward. — Charlotte Bronte
Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There's plenty of movement, but you never know if it's… — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors. — Edmund Burke
It seems almost backwards to me that my music seems the more emotional outlet, and the art stuff seems more… — David Byrne
It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards. — Lewis Carroll

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