Henrik Ibsen Quotes

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

To live is to war with trolls.

I am in revolt against the age-old lie that the majority is always right.

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

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

I am afraid, Torvald, I do not exactly know what religion is. ... When I am away from all this, and am alone, I will look into that matter too. I will see if what the clergyman said is true, or at all events if it is true for me.

She was an extraordinary person too! Would you believe it, she cut her hair short, and used to go about in men’s boots in bad weather

To live is - to war with trolls
In the holds of the heart and mind

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.

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

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.