It was then that I began to look into the seams of your doctrine. I wanted only to pick at a single knot; but when I had got that undone, the whole thing raveled out. And then I understood that it was all machine-sewn. Henrik Ibsen More Quotes by Henrik Ibsen More Quotes From Henrik Ibsen In your power, all the same. Subject to your will and your demands. No longer free! No! That's a thought I'll never endure! Never. Henrik Ibsen enduredemandpower I propose to raise a revolution against the lie that the majority has the monopoly of the truth. Henrik Ibsen majoritytruthlying The old terms must be invented with new meaning and given new explanations. Liberty, equality, and fraternity are no longer what they were in the days of the late-lamented guillotine. This is what the politicians will not understand; and that is why I hate them. They want only their own special revolutions- external revolutions, political revolutions, etc. But that is only dabbling. What is really needed is a revolution of the human spirit. Henrik Ibsen political-revolutionlibertyhate Oh, life would be all right if we didn't have to put up with these damned creditors who keep pestering us with the demands of their ideals. Henrik Ibsen creditorsdemandwould-be One should never put on one's best trousers to go out to fight for freedom. Henrik Ibsen truthsuccessinspirational I go to scale the Future's possibilities! Farewell! Henrik Ibsen scalespossibilityfarewell Oh, law and order! I often think it is that that is at the bottom of all the misery in the world. Henrik Ibsen laworderthinking Oh, yes--you can shout me down, I know! But you cannot answer me. The majority has might on its side--unfortunately; but right it has not. Henrik Ibsen yes-you-canmajorityanswers That is the accursed thing about small surroundings -- they make the soul small. Henrik Ibsen surroundingssoul The spectacles of experience; through them you will see more clearly a second time. Henrik Ibsen spectaclesliterature Friends are to be feared, not so much for what they make us do as what they keep us from doing. Henrik Ibsen friendsfriendship Whether I pound or am being pounded, all the same there will be moaning! Henrik Ibsen moaningpounds Happiness is above all things the calm, glad certainty of innocence. Henrik Ibsen laughterjoyhappiness Most critical fault-finding, when reduced to its essentials, simply amounts to reproach of the author because he is himself -- thinks, feels, sees, and creates, as himself, instead of seeing and creating in the way the critic would have done. Henrik Ibsen creatingessentialsthinking Now I am steel-set: I follow the call to the clear radiance and glow of the heights. Henrik Ibsen radiancesteelcommitment Oh yes, right—right. What is the use of having right on your side if you have not got might? Henrik Ibsen your-sideusesides A friend married is a friend lost. Henrik Ibsen marriedfriendshipsex When we dead awaken ... we see that we have never lived. Henrik Ibsen life But a scientific man must live in a little bit of style. Henrik Ibsen stylelittlesmen Labor and trouble one can always get through alone, but it takes two to be glad. Henrik Ibsen troublehappinesstwo
