Philosophy is perfectly right in saying that life must be understood backward. But then one forgets the other clause - that it must be lived forward. The more one thinks through this clause, the more one concludes that life in temporality never becomes properly understandable, simply because never at any time does one get perfect repose to take the stance - backward.
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TABITHA SOREN Caring about policy is important - people in washington forget. TABITHA SOREN Many of us pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that we hurry past it. SøREN KIERKEGAARD Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced. SøREN KIERKEGAARD The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays... SøREN KIERKEGAARD I see it all perfectly; there are two possible situations — one can either do this or that. My hon... SøREN KIERKEGAARD Every mental act is composed of doubt and belief, but it is belief that is the positive, it is ... SøREN KIERKEGAARD God creates out of nothing. Wonderful you say. Yes, to be sure, but he does what is still more wonde... SøREN KIERKEGAARD Never cease loving a person, and never give up hope for him, for even the prodigal son who had falle... SøREN KIERKEGAARD Whether you are man or woman, rich or poor, dependent or free, happy or unhappy; whether you bore in... SøREN KIERKEGAARD Besides, Christianity is not a doctrine to be taught, but rather a life to be lived. SøREN KIERKEGAARD People understand me so poorly that they don't even understand my complaint about them not understan... SøREN KIERKEGAARD People try to persuade us that the objections against Christianity spring from doubt. That is a comp... SøREN KIERKEGAARD And when the hourglass has run out, the hourglass of temporality, when the noise of secular life has... SøREN KIERKEGAARD آیا مضحک تر از این مردم یافت می شود، که هیچ وقت از آزادی ... SøREN KIERKEGAARD My life is absolutely meaningless. When I consider the different periods into which it falls, it see... SøREN KIERKEGAARD Let other complain that the age is wicked; my complaint is that it is paltry; for it lacks passion. ... SøREN KIERKEGAARD Your own tactic is to train yourself in the art of becoming enigmatic to everybody. My young friend,... SøREN KIERKEGAARD In the New York Times, you're going to get completely different information than you would in th... TABITHA SOREN I'm surprised and disappointed in American culture. TABITHA SOREN At NBC I wasn't really sure if the grandparents were going to get my sense of humor on a particu... TABITHA SOREN At MTV, although the audience is smaller, I found it more interesting to deliver news to a specific ... TABITHA SOREN When I was a freelancer, I thought this journalism thing was a racket, and now that I'm where I ... TABITHA SOREN People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use. SøREN KIERKEGAARD Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. SøREN KIERKEGAARD What if everything in the world were a misunderstanding, what if laughter were really tears? SøREN KIERKEGAARD When one has once fully entered the realm of love, the world — no matter how imperfect — becomes... SøREN KIERKEGAARD The most painful state of being is remembering the future, particularly the one you'll never have. SøREN KIERKEGAARD There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believ... SøREN KIERKEGAARD Now, with God's help, I shall become myself. SøREN KIERKEGAARD