Actually, Jobs is paraphrasing Kierkegaard, who wrote "Livet skal forstås baglaens, men leves forlaens" (Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be l

Actually, Jobs is paraphrasing Kierkegaard, who wrote "Livet skal forstås baglaens, men leves forlaens" (Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards), and then advocated "Springet" (the Leap, usually translated as "the Leap of Faith".)