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Life is understood backwards, but must be lived forwards.

28 May 2020 By Andrew Leave a Comment

It is quite true what philosophy says, that life must be understood backward. But then one forgets the other principle, that it must be lived forward.

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To do the right thing pridefully in my own strength is to fight with God – Kierkegaard

3 August 2016 By Andrew Leave a Comment

The proud person always wants to do the right thing, the great thing, and he is actually struggling not with people but with God, because he wants to do it with his own power.

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