Top 15 Henrik Ibsen Quotes

It is the very mark of the spirit of rebellion to crave for happiness in this life

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.

You see, the point is that the strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.

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

A thousand words leave not the same deep impression as does a single deed.

To live is to war with trolls.

HELMER: But this is disgraceful. Is this the way you neglect your most sacred duties?

NORA: What do you consider is my most sacred duty?

HELMER: Do I have to tell you that? Isn't it your duty to your husband and children?

NORA: I have another duty, just as sacred.

HELMER: You can't have. What duty do you mean?

NORA: My duty to myself.

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?

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

I must make up my mind which is right – society or I.

Helmer: I would gladly work night and day for you. Nora- bear sorrow and want for your sake. But no man would sacrifice his honor for the one he loves.
Nora: It is a thing hundreds of thousands of women have done.

The strongest men are the most alone.

I believe that before all else I am a reasonable human being, just as you are — or, at all events, that I must try and become one.

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

"But no man would sacrifice his honor for the one he loves."

"It is a thing hundreds of thousands of women have done."