Henrik Ibsen

What we have inherited from our fathers and mothers is not all
that 'walks in us.' There are all read more

What we have inherited from our fathers and mothers is not all
that 'walks in us.' There are all sorts of dead ideas and
lifeless old beliefs. They have no tangibility, but they haunt
us all the same and we can not get rid of them. Whenever I take
up a newspaper I seem to see Ghosts gliding between the lines.
Ghosts must be all over the country. as thick as the sands of the
sea.

A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.

A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.

Rob the average man of his life-illusion, and you rob him of his happiness at the same stroke.

Rob the average man of his life-illusion, and you rob him of his happiness at the same stroke.

The majority is never right. Never, I tell you! That's one of these lies in society that no free and read more

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? I think we can agree it's the fools, no matter where you go in this world, it's the fools that form the overwhelming majority.

The strongest man upon Earth is he who stands most alone.

The strongest man upon Earth is he who stands most alone.