Labor and trouble one can always get through alone, but it takes two to be glad.
Henrik IbsenRead
Look into any man's heart you please, and you will always find, in every one, at least one black spot which he has to keep concealed.
Interpretation
Everyone harbors hidden flaws or secrets, often kept from the view of others.
This quote by Henrik Ibsen suggests that within every individual lies a part of themselves that they keep hidden, typically due to shame or fear of judgment. It reflects the complexity of human nature, where everyone struggles with their own imperfections while presenting a polished exterior to the world.
In practice
This quote could be shared in a therapy session to highlight the importance of acknowledging hidden struggles.
Labor and trouble one can always get through alone, but it takes two to be glad.
The majority never has right on its side. Never, I say! That is one of these social lies against which an independent, intelligent men must wage war. Who is it that constitute the majority of the population in a country? Is it the clever folk, or the stupid? I don't imagine you will dispute the fact that at present the stupid people are in an absolutely overwhelming majority all the world over.
I believe that before anything else I'm a human being -- just as much as you are... or at any rate I shall try to become one. I know quite well that most people would agree with you, Torvald, and that you have warrant for it in books; but I can't be satisfied any longer with what most people say, and with what's in books. I must think things out for myself and try to understand them.
Ah, I fancy it is just the same with most of what you call your emancipation. You have read yourself into a number of new ideas and opinions. You have got a sort of smattering of recent discoveries in various fields - discoveries that seem to overthrow certain principles which have hitherto been held impregnable and unassailable. But all this has only been a matter of intellect, Miss West - superficial acquisition. It has not passed into your blood.
One should never put on one's best trousers to go out to fight for freedom.
It is inexcusable for scientists to torture animals; let them make their experiments on journalists and politicians.
I have firmly decided to bite the dust with a minimum of medical assistance when my time comes, and up to then to sin to my wicked heart's content.
The critics slap labels on you and then expect you to talk inside their terms.
We do not need a truth to serve us, we need a truth that we can serve
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all; And thus the native hue of resolution Is slicked o'er with the pale cast of thought
I believe we are going to have to prepare ourselves for the difficult and patient task of outgrowing rigid and intransigent nationalism, and work slowly towards a world federation of peaceful nations. How will this be possible? Don't ask me. I don't know. But unless we develop a moral, spiritual, and political wisdom that is proportionate to our technological skill, our skill may end us.
We must not confuse the present with the past. With regard to the past, no further action is possible.
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