Victor Hugo Quotes
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And if it happened to be a Christmas-night when the great bell seemed to rattle in its throat as it called the faithful to the midnight mass, there was such an indescribable air of life spread over the sombre facade that the great door-way looked as if it were swallowing the entire crowd, and the rose-window staring at them.
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There is in every village a torch - the teacher; and an extinguisher - the priest.
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We are on the side of religion as opposed to religions, and we are among those who believe in the wretched inadequacy of sermons and the sublimity of prayer.
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No matter who you are, the thought of so much suffering and degradation must cause you to shudder at the sight of a veil or cassock, those two shrouds of human invention.
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What is fright by night is curiosity by day.
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Often the losing of a battle leads to the winning of progress. Less glory but greater liberty: the drum is silent and the voices of reason can be heard.
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In every cradle decked with rosy wreath Lurk germs of death.
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Proverty and wealth are comparative sins.
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Right is right only when entire.
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War can only be qualified by its object, and there is neither foreign war nor civil war, there is only just or unjust war.
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"Dost thou understand? I love thee!" he cried again."What love!" said the unhappy girl with a shudder.He resumed, – "The love of a damned soul.
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The soul does not give itself up to despair until it has exhausted all illusions.
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Every step which the intelligence of Europe has taken has been in spite of the clerical party.
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We say and exclaim within ourselves without breaking silence, in a tumult where everything speaks except our mouths. The realities of the soul are none the less real for being invisible and impalpable.
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God is behind everything, but everything hides God.
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Press on! A better fate awaits thee.
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Labor is life; thought is light.
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A day will come when a cannon will be exhibited in museums, just as instruments of torture are now, and the people will be astonished that such a thing could have been.
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Take all reasonable advantage of that which the present may offer you. It is the only time which is ours. Yesterday is buried forever, and to-morrow we may never see.
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There is a secret drawer in every woman's heart.
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Great buildings, like great mountains, are the work of centuries.
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It is the essence of truth that it is never excessive. Why should it exaggerate? There is that which should be destroyed and that which should be simply illuminated and studied. How great is the force of benevolent and searching examination! We must not resort to the flame where only light is required.
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Happiness wishes everybody happy.
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The man who fights against his own country is never a hero.