I am in revolt against the age-old lie that the majority is always right.
HENRIK IBSENI am in revolt against the age-old lie that the majority is always right.
HENRIK IBSENThe spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom-they are the pillars of society.
HENRIK IBSENIn the decisive moment I won the victory over myself. I chose to live. And believe me, it takes courage to choose life under those circumstances.
HENRIK IBSENThis is life! It can harden and it can exalt!
HENRIK IBSENOh, one soon makes friends with invalids; and I need so much to have someone to live for.
HENRIK IBSENIt is not by spectacular achievements that man can be transformed, but by will.
HENRIK IBSENMany a man can save himself if he admits he’s done wrong and takes his punishment.
HENRIK IBSENIf I cannot be myself in what I write, then the whole is nothing but lies and humbug.
HENRIK IBSENNobody can put a character on paper without – at any rate in part and at times – sitting as a model for it himself.
HENRIK IBSENThe younger generation will come knocking at my door.
HENRIK IBSENThe majority is always wrong; the minority is rarely right.
HENRIK IBSENPoetry is to hold judgment on your soul.
HENRIK IBSENA woman cannot be herself in the society of the present day, which is an exclusively masculine society, with laws framed by men and with a judicial system that judges feminine conduct from a masculine point of view.
HENRIK IBSENDifferent people have different duties assigned them by Nature; Nature has given one the power or the desire to do this, the other that. Each bird must sing with his own throat.
HENRIK IBSENThe majority never has right on its side.
HENRIK IBSENHelmer: I would gladly work night and day for you. Nora- bear sorrow and want for your sake. But no man would sacrafice his honor for the one he loves. Nora: It is a thing hundreds of thousands of women have done.
HENRIK IBSEN