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How much are we really in duty bound to pin our faith to ? Who will guarantee me that on Jupiter two and two do not make five?

— Henrik Ibsen

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The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom — these are the pillars of society.

The Pillars of Society (1877)

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

An Enemy of the People (1882)

Whether I pound or am being pounded,
all the same there will be moaning!

Peer Gynt (1867)

A thousand words can't
make the mark a single deed will leave.

Brand (1866)

The State has its root in time, and will ripe and rot in time.

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Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.

William James The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy (1897)

Question with boldness even the existence of a god; because, if there be one, he must more approve the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear.

Thomas Jefferson Letter to Peter Carr (1787)

I had never doubted my own abilities, but I was quite prepared to believe that "the world" would decline to recognize them.

Colin Wilson Postscript to the Outsider (1967)

Love is the active, working principle in all true faith. It is its very soul, without which it is dead. "Faith works by love."

Jonathan Edwards Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

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