More from Victor Hugo
It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo When love has fused and mingled two beings in sacred and angelic unity, the secret of life has been discovered so far as they are concerned.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Nothing makes a man so adventurous as an empty pocket.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo A garden to walk in and immensity to dream in – what more could he ask? A few flowers at his feet and above him the stars.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo What a grand thing, to be loved! What a grander thing still, to love!
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Love is the foolishness of men, and the wisdom of God.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Wisdom is the health of the soul.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Life’s great happiness is to be convinced we are loved.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Toleration is the best religion.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo People do not lack strength, they lack will.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo The wicked envy and hate; it is their way of admiring.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Love is never stronger than when it is completely unreasonable.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Few people dare now to say that two beings have fallen in love because they have looked at each other. Yet it is in this way that love begins, and in this way only.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is visible labor and there is invisible labor.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Promise to give me a kiss on my brow when I am dead. I shall feel it.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo If the soul is left in darkness sins will be committed. The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but he who causes the darkness
Victor HugoVictor Hugo
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I’ve grown tired of playing the warrior In the battle between me And my demons.
J.S BrownJ.S Brown No matter how many storms pass through it, this heart is still a gentle thing.
Sabina LauraSabina Laura If you want to start something great, you need commitment. But if you want to finish that something great, you need consistency.
Alison ButcherAlison Butcher Abundance is my birthright it starts with harvesting my inner light.
Shannon Van AlstShannon Van Alst I believed in the magic we made, but you were the magician and i was merely your puppet on stage.
Sophie AliaSophie Alia Eternity is vague. Let me fill in the blanks with you.
Addison SchmittAddison Schmitt Action is the key that solves all your problems.
Abel StarcAbel Starc His promises looked so promising that she just ignored the blatant truths.
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More on conscience
People in Sweden are very conscious of what people are saying about you.
AviciiAvicii The highest court is in the end one’s own conscience and conviction-that goes for you and for Einstein and every other physicist-and before any science there is first of all belief. For me, it is belief in a complete lawfulness in everything that happens.
Max PlanckMax Planck What makes mankind tragic is not that they are the victims of nature, it is that they are conscious of it.
Joseph ConradJoseph Conrad All a man can betray is his conscience.
Joseph ConradJoseph Conrad Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
Samuel JohnsonSamuel Johnson I’m not really concerned about boundaries. I just follow my conscience and my heart. Follow your heart. That’s what I do. Compassion is something I have a lot of, because I’ve been through a lot of pain in my life. Anybody who has suffered a lot of pain has a lot of compassion.
Johnny CashJohnny Cash The mystical life is the centre of all that I do and all that I think and all that I write. I have always considered myself a voice of what I believe to be a greater renaissance – the revolt of the soul against the intellect.
William Butler YeatsWilliam Butler Yeats Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
Samuel JohnsonSamuel Johnson