Henrik Johan Ibsen Quotes

Big or small, every man is a poet if he knows how to see the ideal, beyond his actions.

What is beauty? A convention, a currency that circulates in a time and in a place.

Before marriage, love is considered theoretically; in marriage, it is put into practice. However, everyone knows that theories do not always align with practice.

Hope has contributed to the loss of humanity.

Losing everything is gaining everything, because one possesses eternally only what has been lost.

I have discovered that the roots of our moral life are completely rotten, that the foundation of our society is corrupted by lies.

If I had stayed calm at home instead of going out to suffer in the world, I wouldn't have saved myself from few troubles and few shoes!

If you doubt yourself, you are already defeated.

There is something servile, murky, in a home that is sustained by loans and debts.

A community is like a boat; everyone should be prepared to take the helm.

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

It is the very hallmark of the spirit of rebellion to yearn for happiness in this life.