Quotes from Henrik Ibsen

One should never put on one's best trousers to go out to battle for freedom and truth.

A minority may be right; a majority is always wrong.

Marriage is something you have to give your whole mind to.

A minority may be right, and a majority is always wrong.

What's a man's first duty? The answer is brief: To be himself.

The strongest man is the one who stands most alone.

Different people have different duties assigned to 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.

The sea possesses a power over one's moods that has the effect of a will. The sea can hypnotize. Nature in general can do so.

Yes, you may depend upon it he has the ability! He is the younger generation that stands ready to knock at my door - to make an end of Halvard Solness.

If 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.

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.

Do not use that foreign word 'ideals.' We have that excellent native word 'lies.'

It is not by spectacular achievements that man can be transformed, but by will.

Marriage! Nothing else demands so much of a man

The man-at-arms is the only man.

Rob the average man of his life-illusion, and you rob him of his happiness at the same stroke.

What ought a man be? Well, my short answer is 'himself'.

But a scientific man must live in a little bit of style.

The strongest men are the most alone.

The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.

Oh courage… oh yes! If only one had that… Then life might be livable, in spite of everything.

If you doubt yourself, then indeed you stand on shaky ground.

Helmer: First and foremost, you are a wife and mother.Nora: That I don't believe any more. I believe that first and foremost I am an individual, just as much as you are.

To crave for happiness in this world is simply to be possessed by a spirit of revolt. What right have we to happiness?