Victor Hugo Quotes
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He was at his own request and through his own complicity driven out of all his happinesses one after the other; and he had this sorrow, that after having lost Cosette wholly in one day, he was afterwards obliged to lose her again in detail.
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The truth of an upright man must be accepted on his own terms. Moreover, since natures vary, we must agree that all the beauties of human excellence may be fostered by faiths that we do not share.
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I dislike wealth and prosperity, especially that of other men.
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You ask me what forces me to speak? a strange thing; my conscience.
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France lost a great novel last night.
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Humanity is our common lot. All men are made of the same clay. There is no difference, at least here on Earth, in the fate assigned to us. We come of the same void, inhabit the same flesh, are dissolved in the same ashes. But ignorance infecting the human substance turns it black, and that incurable blackness, gaining possession of the soul, becomes Evil.
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Popularity? It's glory's small change.
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They adored each other; but still the permanent and the immutable subsist. We may love and laugh, pout, clasp hands, smile, and exchange endearments, but that does not affect eternity. Two lovers hide in the dusk of evening, amid flowers and the twittering of birds, and enchant each other with their hearts shinning in their eyes; but the stars in their course still circle through infinite space.
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Love is the only future God offers.
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It is sad to tell, but after having tried society, which had caused his misfortune, he tried Providence which created society, and condemned it also.
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The hatred of luxury is not an intelligent hatred. It implies a hatred of arts.
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Popularity - a piece of faded tinsel, that is out of date.
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This conflict between right and fact has endured since the origins of society. To bring the duel to an end, to consolidate the pure ideal with the human reality, to make the right peacefully interpenetrate the fact, and the fact the right, this is the work of the wise.
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Ecclesiastes names thee Almighty, the Maccabees name thee Creator, the Epistle to the Ephesians names thee Liberty, Baruch names thee Immensity, the Psalms name thee Wisdom and Truth, John names thee Light, the Book of Kings names thee Lord, Exodus names thee Providence, Leviticus Sanctity, Esdras Justice, creation names thee God, man names thee Father; but Solomon names thee Compassion, which is the most beautiful of all thy names.
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As for methods of prayer, all of them are good as long as they are sincere.
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The hand which moves over the dial moves also among souls.
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Gutenberg's invention of printing is the greatest event-the mother of revolution.
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Who among us has not sought peace in a song?
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Freedom begins where it ends ignorance.
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Success is a very hideous thing. Its false resemblance to merit deceives men.
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God has set his intentions in the flowers, in the dawn, in the spring, it is his will that we should love.
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Ma vie est une énigme dont ton nom est le mot. (My life is an enigma, of which your name is the word.)
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Joy is the reflex of terror.
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Go to sleep in peace. God is awake.