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> [The history of the human race is a continual struggle from darkness into light. It is, therefore, to no purpose to discuss the use of knowledge; man wants to know, and when he ceases to do so, is no longer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fridtjof-nansen/the-history-of-the-human-race-is-a-continual-struggle-from-darkness/)

[Fridtjof Nansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fridtjof-nansen/)

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## More by Fridtjof Nansen

> [The history of the human race is a continual struggle from darkness into light. It is, therefore, to no purpose to discuss the use…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fridtjof-nansen/the-history-of-the-human-race-is-a-continual-struggle-from-darkness/)

[Fridtjof Nansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fridtjof-nansen/)

> [The first great thing is to find yourself and for that you need solitude and contemplation - at least sometimes. I can tell you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fridtjof-nansen/the-first-great-thing-is-to-find-yourself-and-for-that-you-need/)

[Fridtjof Nansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fridtjof-nansen/)

> [“Wednesday, November 8th, 1893 Here I sit in the still winter night on the drifting ice-floe, and see only stars above me. Far off…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fridtjof-nansen/wednesday-november-8th-1893-here-i-sit-in-the-still-winter-night-on/)

[Fridtjof Nansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fridtjof-nansen/)

> [Never stop because you are afraid - you are never so likely to be wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fridtjof-nansen/never-stop-because-you-are-afraid-you-are-never-so-likely-to-be-wrong/)

[Fridtjof Nansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fridtjof-nansen/)

> [Never keep a line of retreat: it is a wretched invention.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fridtjof-nansen/never-keep-a-line-of-retreat-it-is-a-wretched-invention/)

[Fridtjof Nansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fridtjof-nansen/)

> [The whole plan of extermination was nothing less than a cold blooded, calculated political measure, having for its object the annihilation of a superior…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fridtjof-nansen/the-whole-plan-of-extermination-was-nothing-less-than-a-cold-blooded/)

[Fridtjof Nansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fridtjof-nansen/)

> [If nations could overcome the mutual fear and distrust whose sombre shadow is now thrown over the world, and could meet with confidence and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fridtjof-nansen/if-nations-could-overcome-the-mutual-fear-and-distrust-whose-sombre/)

[Fridtjof Nansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fridtjof-nansen/)

> [Alas! Alas! Life is full of disappointments; as one reaches one ridge there is always another and a higher one beyond which blocks the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fridtjof-nansen/alas-alas-life-is-full-of-disappointments-as-one-reaches-one-ridge/)

[Fridtjof Nansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fridtjof-nansen/)

> [Man wants to know, and when he ceases to do so, he is no longer a man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fridtjof-nansen/man-wants-to-know-and-when-he-ceases-to-do-so-he-is-no-longer-a-man/)

[Fridtjof Nansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fridtjof-nansen/)

> [The difficult is what takes a little time; the impossible is what takes a little longer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fridtjof-nansen/the-difficult-is-what-takes-a-little-time-the-impossible-is-what/)

[Fridtjof Nansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fridtjof-nansen/)

> [Have you not succeeded? Continue! Have you succeeded? Continue!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fridtjof-nansen/have-you-not-succeeded-continue-have-you-succeeded-continue/)

[Fridtjof Nansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fridtjof-nansen/)

> [Happiness is the struggle towards a summit and, when it is attained, it is happiness to glimpse new summits on the other side.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fridtjof-nansen/happiness-is-the-struggle-towards-a-summit-and-when-it-is-attained-it/)

[Fridtjof Nansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fridtjof-nansen/)

> [It is better to go skiing and think of God, than go to church and think of sport.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fridtjof-nansen/it-is-better-to-go-skiing-and-think-of-god-than-go-to-church-and/)

[Fridtjof Nansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fridtjof-nansen/)

> [Is it not in the struggle to obtain knowledge that happiness exists? I am very ignorant, consequently the conditions of happiness are mine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fridtjof-nansen/is-it-not-in-the-struggle-to-obtain-knowledge-that-happiness-exists-i/)

[Fridtjof Nansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fridtjof-nansen/)

> [You are one with your skis and nature. This is something that develops not only the body but the soul as well, and it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fridtjof-nansen/you-are-one-with-your-skis-and-nature-this-is-something-that-develops/)

[Fridtjof Nansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fridtjof-nansen/)

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