Victor Hugo ( 10 of 71 )
The reduction of the universe to a single being, the expansion of a single being even to God, this is read more
The reduction of the universe to a single being, the expansion of a single being even to God, this is love.
An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.
An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.
Madame, bear in mind
That princes govern all things--save the wind.
Madame, bear in mind
That princes govern all things--save the wind.
Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.
Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.
The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but the one who causes the darkness.
The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but the one who causes the darkness.
A faith is a necessity to a man. Woe to him who believes in nothing.
A faith is a necessity to a man. Woe to him who believes in nothing.
Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.
Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.
The greatest happiness of life it the conviction that we are loved - loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in read more
The greatest happiness of life it the conviction that we are loved - loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves. -Victor Hugo.
Wisdom is a sacred communion.
Wisdom is a sacred communion.
The supreme happiness in life is the conviction that we are loved.
The supreme happiness in life is the conviction that we are loved.