Henrik Ibsen

To live is to war with trolls in heart and soul.
To write is to sit in judgment on oneself.
-Henrik Ibsen, Peer Gynt


Was the majority right when they stood by while Jesus was crucified? Was the majority right when they refused to believe that the earth moved around the sun and let Galileo be driven to his knees like a dog?

It takes fifty years for the majority to be right. The majority is never right until it does right.
-Henrik Ibsen


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

You should never wear your best trousers when you go out to fight for freedom and truth.
-Henrik Ibsen, An Enemy of the People