I believe that before anything else I'm a human being -- just as much as you are... or at any rate I shall try to become one. I know quite well that ….

If you doubt yourself, then indeed you stand on shaky ground..

It is not for a care-free existence I am fighting, but for the possibility of devoting myself to the task which I believe and know has been laid upon….

To crave for happiness in this world is simply to be possessed by a spirit of revolt. What right have we to happiness?.

I don't imagine you will dispute the fact that at present the stupid people are in an absolutely overwhelming majority all the world over..

Happiness is worth a daring deed; we are both free if we but will it, and then the game is won..

This is life! It can harden and it can exalt!.

The strongest men are the most alone..

NORA: I must stand on my own two feet if I'm to get to know myself and the world outside. That's why I can't stay here with you any longer..

I must make up my mind which is right – society or I..

It's not only what we have inherited from our father and mother that walks in us. It's all sorts of dead ideas, and lifeless old beliefs, and so fort….

The worst that a man can do to himself is to do injustice to others..

Most critical fault-finding, when reduced to its essentials, simply amounts to reproach of the author because he is himself -- thinks, feels, sees, a….

...I'm no longer prepared to accept what people say and what's written in books. I must think things out for myself, and try to find my own answer..

HELMER; But this is disgraceful. Is this the way you neglect your most sacred duties? NORA: What do you consider is my most sacred duty? HELMER: Do I….

I'm afraid for all those who'll have the bread snatched from their mouths by these machines. What business has science and capitalism got, bringing a….

There is so much falsehood both at home and at school. At home one must not speak, and at school we have to stand and tell lies to the children..

Mrs LINDE: When you've sold yourself once for the sake of others, you don't do it second time..

To live is to war with trolls in heart and woul. To write is to sit in judgement on oneself..

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

But a scientific man must live in a little bit of style..