Henrik Ibsen: Man

Henrik Ibsen was Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. Explore interesting quotes on man.

Henrik Ibsen: 138 quotes9 likes

“There is one thing I esteem higher than that; and that is for a man to be self-reliant and sure of himself.”

Henrik Ibsen An Enemy of the People

Hovstad, Act II
An Enemy of the People (1882)

“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!”

Makrina, in Emperor and Galilean (1873), Final lines.

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

Torvald Helmer, Act I
A Doll's House (1879)

“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.”

Act V
Brand (1866)

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

Henrik Ibsen The Wild Duck

Relling, Act V
The Wild Duck (1884)

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

Letter to Georg Brandes (3 January 1882).

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

Henrik Ibsen An Enemy of the People

Dr. Stockmann, Act V
An Enemy of the People (1882)

“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.”

Henrik Ibsen The Pillars of Society

Bernick, Act III
The Pillars of Society (1877)