Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson(8 December 1832 – 26 April 1910) was a Norwegian writer. In 1903, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson was awarded the Nobel Prize in Nobel Prize in Literature. Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson was born on 8 December 1832, in Kvikne, Norway. Bjørnson’s education was a mix of formal schooling and self-study. He attended schools in Norway and also pursued independent learning during his travels. His exposure to different cultures and languages influenced his writing and worldview.
Famous Bjornstjerne Bjornson Quotes
Some of the Famous Bjornstjerne Bjornson Quotes are mentioned below –
Nothing has ever moulded our conscience so strongly as our knowledge of what is good and what is evil.I have friends among the Christians, whom I love, and never for a moment have I thought of attacking their Christianity.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.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.Shakespeare’s plays were a great Teutonic Valhalla with brilliant sunshine at times and violent tempests at others. The world to him was a battlefield, but his sense of poetic justice, his sublime faith in life and its infinite resources, guided the battles.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.God’s supreme word to us is life; our highest worship of Him is love for the living.Do not complain beneath the stars about the lack of bright spots in your life.
