Bjornstjerne Bjornson
Bjornstjerne Bjornson
Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnsonwas a Norwegian writer who received the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature "as a tribute to his noble, magnificent and versatile poetry, which has always been distinguished by both the freshness of its inspiration and the rare purity of its spirit", becoming the first Norwegian Nobel laureate. Bjørnson is considered to be one of The Four Greatsamong Norwegian writers, the others being Henrik Ibsen, Jonas Lie, and Alexander Kielland. Bjørnson is also celebrated for his lyrics to the...
NationalityNorwegian
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth8 December 1832
CountryNorway
Do not complain beneath the stars about the lack of bright spots in your life.
I have friends among the Christians, whom I love, and never for a moment have I thought of attacking their Christianity.
Nothing has ever moulded our conscience so strongly as our knowledge of what is good and what is evil.
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.
The writers who reject tendentiousness and purpose in their work are the very ones who display it in every word they write. I could draw countless examples from the history of literature to show that the more a writer clamours for spiritual freedom, the more tendentious his work is liable to be.
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.