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A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.

Henrik Ibsen

To live is – to war with trolls In the holds of the heart and mind
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Heart Hold Live Mindset Troll
Do you know what we are those of us who count as pillars of society? We are society’s tools, neither more nor less.
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Count Society Yourself
Bigger things than the State will fall, all religion will fall.
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Fall Religion State
What’s to become of the morally sound? Left out in the cold, I suppose. We must heal the sick.
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Cold Healing Sick Sound
The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.
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Alone Man Strong
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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Crave Happiness Possession Revolution Simplicity World
The man whom God wills to slay in the struggle of life – he first individualizes.
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God Individual Life Man Struggle
The great secret of power is never to will to do more than you can accomplish.
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Accomplishment Greatness Secret Yourself
Happiness is worth a daring deed; we are both free if we but will it, and then the game is won.
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Action Dare Game Happiness Winning
I’m plotting revolution against this lie that the majority has a monopoly of the truth. What are these truths that always bring the majority rallying round? Truths so elderly they are practically senile. And when a truth is as old as that, gentlemen, you can hardly tell it from a lie.
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Lying Old Practice Revolution Truth Yourself
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
What is the difference in being alone with another and being alone by one’s self?
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Alone Difference Oneself
I’m no longer prepared to accept what people say and what’s written in books. I must think things out for myself, and try to find my own answer.
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Acceptance Answer Finding Myself Preparation Try
The worst that a man can do to himself is to do injustice to others.
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Himself Injustice Man Worst
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
The majority never has right on its side.
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Majority Right Side

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