To live is to war with trolls.
HENRIK IBSENTo live is to war with trolls.
HENRIK IBSENWhat’s a man’s first duty? The answer is brief: To be himself.
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 IBSENTake the life-lie away from the average man and straight away you take away his happiness.
HENRIK IBSENIf you doubt yourself, then indeed you stand on shaky ground.
HENRIK IBSENI go to scale the Future’s possibilities! Farewell!
HENRIK IBSENBut a scientific man must live in a little bit of style.
HENRIK IBSENI hold that man is in the right who is most closely in league with the future.
HENRIK IBSENMoney brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintances, but not friends.
HENRIK IBSENIn great memories there lies the seed of growth.
HENRIK IBSENA forest bird never wants a cage.
HENRIK IBSENIf only I could master that demon of procrastination that goes about like a roaring lion and devours all my good intentions, I should become the most punctual man in the world.
HENRIK IBSENIn your power, all the same. Subject to your will and your demands. No longer free! No! That’s a thought I’ll never endure! Never.
HENRIK IBSENI have other duties equally sacred, Duties to myself.
HENRIK IBSENOh, yes–you can shout me down, I know! But you cannot answer me. The majority has might on its side–unfortunately; but right it has not.
HENRIK IBSENTo live is – to war with trolls In the holds of the heart and mind
HENRIK IBSEN