The history of the human race is a continual struggle from darkness into light. It is, therefore, to no purpose to discuss the use… — Fridtjof Nansen Copy Share Image
The first great thing is to find yourself and for that you need solitude and contemplation - at least sometimes. I can tell you… — Fridtjof Nansen Copy Share Image
“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 I see the threads of life twisting themselves into the intricate web which stretches unbroken from life’s sweet morning dawn to the eternal death-stillness of ice. Thought follows thought—you pick the whole to pieces, and it… — Fridtjof Nansen Copy Share
Never stop because you are afraid - you are never so likely to be wrong. — Fridtjof Nansen Copy Share Image
The whole plan of extermination was nothing less than a cold blooded, calculated political measure, having for its object the annihilation of a superior… — Fridtjof Nansen Copy Share Image
If nations could overcome the mutual fear and distrust whose sombre shadow is now thrown over the world, and could meet with confidence and… — Fridtjof Nansen Copy Share Image
Alas! Alas! Life is full of disappointments; as one reaches one ridge there is always another and a higher one beyond which blocks the… — Fridtjof Nansen Copy Share Image
Man wants to know, and when he ceases to do so, he is no longer a man. — Fridtjof Nansen Copy Share Image
The difficult is what takes a little time; the impossible is what takes a little longer. — Fridtjof Nansen Copy Share Image
Happiness is the struggle towards a summit and, when it is attained, it is happiness to glimpse new summits on the other side. — Fridtjof Nansen Copy Share Image
