What I really need is to get clear about what I must do, not what I must know, except insofar as knowledge must precede every act. What matters is to find a purpose, to see what it really is that God wills that I shall do; the crucial thing is to find a truth which is truth for me, to find the idea for which I am willing to live and die.
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- Author's profession: Philosopher
- Nationality: danish
- Born: May 5, 1813
- Died: November 11, 1855
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