I propose to raise a revolution against the lie that the majority has the monopoly of the truth. Henrik Ibsen More Quotes by Henrik Ibsen More Quotes From Henrik Ibsen 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 spontaneous liberation world People who don't know how to keep themselves healthy ought to have the decency to get themselves buried, and not waste time about it. Henrik Ibsen health work people If I cannot be myself in what I write, then the whole is nothing but lies and humbug. Henrik Ibsen humbug writing lying Marriage! Nothing else demands so much of a man Henrik Ibsen demand men To crave for happiness in this world is simply to be possessed by a spirit of revolt. What right have we to happiness? Henrik Ibsen revolt spirit world 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 feet two world Nobody can put a character on paper without - at any rate in part and at times - sitting as a model for it himself. Henrik Ibsen sitting paper character Don't use that foreign word: ideals. We have the excellent native word: lies. Henrik Ibsen atheism use lying ...every man shares the responsibility and the guilt of the society to which he belongs. Henrik Ibsen guilt responsibility men If only I could master that demon of procrastination that goes about like a roaring lion and devours all my good intentions, I should become the most punctual man in the world. Henrik Ibsen roaring procrastination men The State is the curse of the individual... The State must go! That will be a revolution which will find me on its side. Undermine the idea of the State, set up in its place spontaneous action, and the idea that spiritual relationship is the only thing that makes for unity, and you will start the elements of a liberty which will be something worth possessing. Henrik Ibsen unity spiritual ideas To live is - to war with trolls In the holds of the heart and mind Henrik Ibsen mind heart war Take the life-lie away from the average man and straight away you take away his happiness. Henrik Ibsen average men lying What sort of truths are they that the majority usually supports? They are truths that are of such advanced age that they are beginning to break up. And if a truth is as old as that, it is also in a fair way to become a lie, gentlemen. Henrik Ibsen support gentleman lying I'm inclined to think we are all ghosts-every one of us. It's not just what we inherit from our mothers and fathers that haunts us. Its all kinds of old defunct theories, all sorts of old defunct beliefs, and things like that. Henrik Ibsen mother father thinking You see, there are some people that one loves, and others that perhaps one would rather be with. Henrik Ibsen one-love people Different people have different duties assigned them by Nature; Nature has given one the power or the desire to do this, the other that. Each bird must sing with his own throat. Henrik Ibsen nature bird people If you doubt yourself, then indeed you stand on shaky ground. Henrik Ibsen chakra confidence doubt 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 intelligent lying Nothing is impossible that one desires with an indomitable will. Henrik Ibsen indomitable impossible desire
