Henrik Ibsen

"True friendship withstands all trials."

"Peace comes from understanding, not from avoidance."

"Nature teaches us what we need to know about ourselves."

"Music is the language of the soul."

"The future is written by those who dare to imagine it."

"The strongest people are those who have learned to stand alone."

"To live is to suffer, but in suffering we find our purpose."

"We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men."

"The majority is never right until it has to be."

"You cannot imagine how much forethought and calculation go into the unconscious acts we perform."

"A woman cannot be herself in modern society, it is an exclusively male society."

"The greatest power on earth is the power of love."

"Take the love of the people and you can do anything."

"One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and imprisonment."

"Art is the response to the demand for entertainment, for the stimulation of our senses and imagination."

"The most dangerous poison is the belief that you have already found the truth."

"People who believe they can change the world are the ones who do."

"Courage is not found in the absence of fear, but in action despite it."

"Freedom is the greatest gift, yet the hardest to accept."

"The path to happiness is paved with difficult choices."

"Our faith in the future depends on our ability to face the truth of the present."

"What makes a man truly powerful is his ability to influence others without coercion."

"The purpose of life is not to be happy—it is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate."

"Success comes to those willing to question everything they have been taught."

"Time is the one thing that cannot be recovered once spent."

"To know oneself is the beginning of all true knowledge."

"The unexamined life is not worth living, nor is the unlived life worth examining."

"Beauty fades, but character endures forever."

"What we call patience is often simply the acceptance of what cannot be changed."

"The death of one dream often marks the birth of another."