Henrik Ibsen: Man

“Erring soul of man — if thou wast indeed forced to err, it shall surely be accounted to thee for good on that great day when the Mighty One shall descend in the clouds to judge the living dead and the dead who are yet alive!”

“Many a man can save himself if he admits he's done wrong and takes his punishment.”

“Brand: Answer me, God, in the jaws of death:
Is there no salvation for the Will of Man?
No small measure of salvation?
[The avalanche buries him. The valley is swallowed up. ]
A Voice: [Calls through the crashing thunder] He is the God of Love.”

“If you take the life lie from an average man, you take away his happiness as well.”

“I hold that man is in the right who is most closely in league with the future.”

“You see, the point is that the strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.”

“Look into any man's heart you please, and you will always find, in every one, at least one black spot which he has to keep concealed.”