The 17+ Fridtjof Nansen Quotes

Alas! Alas! Life Is Full Of Disappointments; As One Reaches One Ridge There Is Always Another And A Higher One Beyond Which Blocks The View.

Never Keep A Line Of Retreat: It Is A Wretched Invention.

Man Wants To Know, And When He Ceases To Do So, He Is No Longer A Man.

The Whole Plan Of Extermination Was Nothing Less Than A Cold Blooded, Calculated Political Measure, Having For Its Object The Annihilation Of A Superior Element In The Population, Which Might Prove Troublesome, And To This Must Be Added The Motive Of Greed.

Never Stop Because You Are Afraid - You Are Never So Likely To Be Wrong.

Is It Not In The Struggle To Obtain Knowledge That Happiness Exists? I Am Very Ignorant, Consequently The Conditions Of Happiness Are Mine.

You Are One With Your Skis And Nature. This Is Something That Develops Not Only The Body But The Soul As Well, And It Has A Deeper Meaning For A People Than Most Of Us Perceive.

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 A Man.

If Nations Could Overcome The Mutual Fear And Distrust Whose Sombre Shadow Is Now Thrown Over The World, And Could Meet With Confidence And Good Will To Settle Their Possible Differences, They Would Easily Be Able To Establish A Lasting Peace.

Love Is Life's Snow. It Falls Deepest And Softest Into The Gashes Left By The Fight - Whiter And Purer Than Snow Itself.

Happiness Is The Struggle Towards A Summit And, When It Is Attained, It Is Happiness To Glimpse New Summits On The Other Side.

The Difficult Is What Takes A Little Time; The Impossible Is What Takes A Little Longer.