Bjornstjerne Bjornson quotes

Nothing has ever moulded our conscience so strongly as our knowledge of what is good and what is evil. (Bjornstjerne Bjornson)
The greater the burden a man takes upon his shoulders, the stronger he must be to carry it. No words are unmentionable, no action or horror beyond powers of description, if one is equal to them. View quote
Bjornstjerne Bjornson
God's supreme word to us is life; our highest worship of Him is love for the living. View quote
Bjornstjerne Bjornson
A meaningful life - this is what we look for in art, in its smallest dewdrops as in its unleashing of the tempest. We are at peace when we have found it and uneasy when we have not. View quote
Bjornstjerne Bjornson
Christianity, with or without its whole apparatus of dogma, will endure in its essence for thousands of years after us; there will always be spiritually-minded people who will be ennobled by it, and some made great. View quote
Bjornstjerne Bjornson
I have friends among the Christians, whom I love, and never for a moment have I thought of attacking their Christianity. View quote
Bjornstjerne Bjornson
There may be men who think they are attacking Christianity when they investigate the historical origin or the morality of some dogma; I do not think so. Honest investigation can result only in growth. View quote
Bjornstjerne Bjornson