Søren Kierkegaard, Eighteen Upbuilding Discourses, Hong p. 37
1840s, Upbuilding Discourses (1843-1844)
“It is certain that this is not only good which the Almighty has done, but that it is best; He hath reckoned all your steps to heaven.”
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 276.
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