Henrik Ibsen quotes

A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.
-- Henrik Ibsen

#Inspirational #Inspiring #Positivity

A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.
-- Henrik Ibsen

#Leadership #Community #Preparation

The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom-they are the pillars of society.
-- Henrik Ibsen

#Truth #Freedom #Society

Before I write down one word, I have to have the character in my mind through and through. I must penetrate into the last wrinkle of his soul.
-- Henrik Ibsen

#Writing #Character #Wrinkles

NORA: I must stand on my own two feet if I'm to get to know myself and the world outside. That's why I can't stay here with you any longer.
-- Henrik Ibsen

#Two #Feet #World

Money may be the husk of many things but not the kernel. It brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintance, but not friends; servants, but not loyalty; days of joy, but not peace or happiness.
-- Henrik Ibsen

#Loyalty #Peace #Money

To live is to war with trolls.
-- Henrik Ibsen

#War #Adversity #Troll

You see, there are some people that one loves, and others that perhaps one would rather be with.
-- Henrik Ibsen

#People #One Love

You have never loved me. You have only thought it pleasant to be in love with me.
-- Henrik Ibsen

#Pleasant

The spectacles of experience; through them you will see clearly a second time.
-- Henrik Ibsen

#Spectacles

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.
-- Henrik Ibsen

#Stupid #People #Facts

These heroes of finance are like beads on a string; when one slips off, all the rest follow.
-- Henrik Ibsen

#Hero #Finance #Beads

Really to sin you have to be serious about it.
-- Henrik Ibsen

#Serious #Sin

The devil is compromise.
-- Henrik Ibsen

#Devil #Compromise

The great secret of power is never to will to do more than you can accomplish.
-- Henrik Ibsen

#Power #Secret #Accomplish

It's a liberation to know that an act of spontaneous courage is yet possible in this world. An act that has something of unconditional beauty.
-- Henrik Ibsen

#World #Spontaneous #Liberation

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

#Confidence #Doubt

Money brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintances, but not friends.
-- Henrik Ibsen

#Food #Medicine #Appetite

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

#Fun #Animal #Political

The majority is never right. Never, I tell you! That's one of these lies in society that no free and intelligent man can help rebelling against. Who are the people that make up the biggest proportion of the population -- the intelligent ones or the fools?
-- Henrik Ibsen

#Freedom #Lying #Men

What is the difference in being alone with another and being alone by one's self?
-- Henrik Ibsen

#Self #Differences

A forest bird never wants a cage.
-- Henrik Ibsen

#Freedom #Bird #Want

There is something so indescribably sweet and satisfying in the knowledge that a husband or wife has forgiven the other freely, and from the heart.
-- Henrik Ibsen

#Life #Sweet #Husband

Castles in the air - they are so easy to take refuge in. And so easy to build too.
-- Henrik Ibsen

#Air #Castles #Building

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.
-- Henrik Ibsen

#Marriage #Agreement #Deception

Home life ceases to be free and beautiful as soon as it is founded on borrowing and debt.
-- Henrik Ibsen

#Life #Beautiful #Home

Each bird must sing with his own throat.
-- Henrik Ibsen

#Voice #Bird #Singing

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

#Strength #Loneliness #Men

A 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 Ibsen

#Women #Views #Law

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.
-- Henrik Ibsen

#Heart #Men #Black

Writing has... been to me like a bath from which I have risen feeling cleaner, healthier, and freer.
-- Henrik Ibsen

#Writing #Feelings #Baths

Happiness is above all things the calm, glad certainty of innocence.
-- Henrik Ibsen

#Happiness #Laughter #Joy

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

#Men #Answers #Wells