Our whole being is nothing but a fight against the dark forces within ourselves.
HENRIK IBSENWhen we dead awaken. We see that we have never lived.
More Henrik Ibsen Quotes
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There is so much falsehood both at home and at school. At home one must not speak, and at school we have to stand and tell lies to the children.
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Home life ceases to be free and beautiful as soon as it is founded on borrowing and debt.
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If you doubt yourself, then indeed you stand on shaky ground.
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I believe that, before all else, I’m a human being, no less than you.
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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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Every man shares the responsibility and the guilt of the society to which he belongs.
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The great secret of power is never to will to do more than you can accomplish.
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What ought a man be? Well, my short answer is ‘himself’.
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An unromantic poem I mean to make, of one who only lives for duty’s sake.
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Each bird must sing with his own throat.
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The strong must learn to be lonely.
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To crave for happiness in this world is simply to be possessed by a spirit of revolt. What right have we to happiness?
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If I cannot be myself in what I write, then the whole is nothing but lies and humbug.
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Really to sin you have to be serious about it.
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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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