WIST Quotations

Kempton, Murray -- Part of Our Time: Some Ruins & Monuments of the Thirties, ch. 5 (1955)

Dave — Fri, 17 Jul 2020 15:37:33 +0000

A man can look upon his life and accept it as good or evil; it is far, far harder for him to confess that it has been unimportant in the sum of things.

Murray Kempton (1917-1997) American journalist.
Part of Our Time: Some Ruins & Monuments of the Thirties, ch. 5 (1955)
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Kierkegaard, Soren -- Journals IV.A.164 (1843)

Dave — Thu, 29 Dec 2016 00:44:08 +0000

It is perfectly true, as the philosophers say, that life must be understood backwards. But they forget the other proposition, that it must be lived forwards.

Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) Danish philosopher, theologian
Journals IV.A.164 (1843)

Commonly paraphrased: "Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards."