Quotes from Victor Hugo
The sole social evil is darkness; humanity is identity, for all men are made of the same clay.
- Victor Hugo
Make thought a whirlwind.
- Victor Hugo
He felt that to increase his knowledge was to strengthen his hatred. Under certain circumstances, instruction and enlightenment may serve as rallying points for evil.
- Victor Hugo
In principle any revolt strengthens the government it fails to overthrow.
- Victor Hugo
Is there not in every human soul, was there not in the soul of Jean Valjean in particular, a first spark, a divine element, incorruptible in this world, immortal in the other, which good can develop, fan, ignite, and make to glow with splendor, and which evil can never wholly extinguish?
- Victor Hugo
A torch-flame resembles the wisdom of cowards: it gives a poor light because it trembles.
- Victor Hugo
A reflection from this heaven shone upon the bishop. But it was also a luminous transparency, for this heaven was within him: this heaven was his conscience.
- Victor Hugo
Nihilism has no point. There is no such thing as nothingness. Zero does not exist. Everything is something. Nothing is nothing. Man
- Victor Hugo
Be a religion to each other. Each man has his own fashion of adoring God. Saperlotte! the best way to adore God is to love one's wife. I love thee! that's my catechism. He who loves is orthodox.
- Victor Hugo
The greatest favorites of destiny make mistakes. Our joys are composed of shadow. The supreme smile is God's alone.
- Victor Hugo
The history of men is reflected in the history of sewers.
- Victor Hugo
The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather in spite of ourselves.
- Victor Hugo