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Moreover, I, on my side, require of every writer, first or last, a simple and sincere account of his own life, and not merely what he has heard of other men’s lives; some such account as he would send to his kindred from a distant land; for if he has lived sincerely, it must have been in a distant land to me.
Henry David Thoreau • Walden (AmazonClassics Edition)
The most important thing for me is Kierkegaard’s insistence that being a totally ordinary human being is an enormous task and a declaration of faith from above, and that when you are lucky enough to be given this one life on earth as a human being, then you need to live it with complete sincerity and full responsibility.
how to change your life, part 2: agnes callard's aspiration
Mathilde, je te demande de ne pas sous-estimer ma situation : je me bats pour trouver le sens de ma vie, de ma vie tout entière. Chaque homme a des devoirs envers les autres, mais encore plus envers lui-même. Il…