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Our whole being is nothing but a fight against the dark forces within ourselves.

Henrik Ibsen

A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.
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Community Myself Preparation
It was then that I began to look into the seams of your doctrine. I wanted only to pick at a single knot; but when I had got that undone, the whole thing raveled out. And then I understood that it was all machine-sewn.
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Beginning Pick Understand Yourself
It is not by spectacular achievements that man can be transformed, but by will.
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Achievement Man Transformation Willing
The majority never has right on its side.
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Majority Right Side
Now I am steel-set: I follow the call to the clear radiance and glow of the heights.
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Call Follow Glow Myself Radiance
Every man shares the responsibility and the guilt of the society to which he belongs.
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Himself Man Responsibility Share Society
The great task of our time is to blow up all existing institutions to destroy.
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Destroy Existence Greatness Institution Task
Bigger things than the State will fall, all religion will fall.
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Fall Religion State
Labor and trouble one can always get through alone, but it takes two to be glad.
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Alone Happiness Oneself Trouble
You don’t get nothing for nothing in this life.
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Life Yourself
Money brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintances, but not friends.
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Appetite Food Friendship Medicine Money Yourself
It is inexcusable for scientists to torture animals; let them make their experiments on journalists and politicians.
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Animal Excuse Experiment Journal Politician Science
It’s a liberation to know that an act of spontaneous courage is yet possible in this world. An act that has something of unconditional beauty.
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Act Beautiful Courage Known Liberty
The most dangerous enemy of the truth and freedom amongst us is the compact majority.
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Compact Dangerous Enemy Majority
It is the very mark of the spirit of rebellion to crave for happiness in this life
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Crave Happiness Life Mark Spirit
I’ve had the best possible chance of learning that what the working-classes really need is to be allowed some part in the direction of public affairs, Doctorto develop their abilities, their understanding and their self-respect.
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Allow Direction Learning Myself Need Possible Respect Working

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