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Money may be the husk of many things but not the kernel. It brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintance, but not friends; servants, but not loyalty; days of joy, but not peace or happiness.

Henrik Ibsen

It is the very mark of the spirit of rebellion to crave for happiness in this life
HENRIK IBSEN

Crave Happiness Life Mark Spirit
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.
HENRIK IBSEN

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
Happiness is above all things the calm, glad certainty of innocence.
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Calm Certain Happiness Innocent
So to conduct one’s life as to realize oneself-this seems to me the highest attainment possible to a human being. It is the task of one and all of us, but most of us bungle it.
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Life Myself Possible Realize
The worst that a man can do to himself is to do injustice to others.
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Himself Injustice Man Worst
Our whole being is nothing but a fight against the dark forces within ourselves.
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Darkness Existence Fight Force Ourselves
Now I am steel-set: I follow the call to the clear radiance and glow of the heights.
HENRIK IBSEN

Call Follow Glow Myself Radiance
There is always a risk in being alive, and if you are more alive, there is more risk.
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Adventure Alive Risk Yourself
Home life ceases to be free and beautiful as soon as it is founded on borrowing and debt.
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Borrow Debt Finding Home Life
The majority is always wrong; the minority is rarely right.
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Minority Rare Right Wrong
It is no use lying to one’s self.
HENRIK IBSEN

Lying Oneself Self
Castles in the air – they are so easy to take refuge in. And so easy to build too.
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Build Castle Easy
You have never loved me. You have only thought it pleasant to be in love with me.
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Happiness Love Pleasant Yourself
The man whom God wills to slay in the struggle of life – he first individualizes.
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God Individual Life Man Struggle
If I cannot be myself in what I write, then the whole is nothing but lies and humbug.
HENRIK IBSEN

Lying Myself Writing

Money may be the husk of many things but not the kernel. It brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintance, but not friends; servants, but not loyalty; days of joy, but not peace or happiness.

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Money may be the husk of many things but not the kernel. It brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintance, but not friends; servants, but not loyalty; days of joy, but not peace or happiness.

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