Henrik Ibsen Quotes & Quotations

Henrik Ibsen Quotes

» The worst enemy of truth and freedom in our society is the compact majority. Yes, the damned, compact, liberal majority.

» A marriage based on full confidence, based on complete and unqualified frankness on both sides; they are not keeping anything back; there's no deception underneath it all. If I might so put it, it's an agreement for the mutual forgiveness of sin.

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

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

» Money may be the husk of many things, but not the kernel. It brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintances, but not friends; servants, but not faithfulness; days of joy, but not peace and happiness.

» A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.

» Your home is regarded as a model home, your life as a model life. But all this splendor, and you along with it... it's just as though it were built upon a shifting quagmire. A moment may come, a word can be spoken, and both you and all this splendor will collapse.

» Never wear your best trousers when you go out to fight for freedom and truth.

» It is inexcusable for scientists to torture animals; let them make their experiments on journalists and politicians.

» Really to sin you have to be serious about it.

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