No army can withstand the strength of an idea whose time has come.
VICTOR HUGONo army can withstand the strength of an idea whose time has come.
VICTOR HUGOWinter is on my head, but eternal spring is in my heart.
VICTOR HUGOIntelligence is the wife, imagination is the mistress, memory is the servant.
VICTOR HUGOTo give thanks in solitude is enough. Thanksgiving has wings and goes where it must go. Your prayer knows much more about it than you do.
VICTOR HUGOLaughter is sunshine, it chases winter from the human face.
VICTOR HUGOWhat Is Love? I have met in the streets a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, the water passed through his shoes and the stars through his soul
VICTOR HUGOPromise to give me a kiss on my brow when I am dead. I shall feel it.
VICTOR HUGOHave courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake.
VICTOR HUGOLet us fear ourselves. Prejudices are the real robbers; vices are the real murderers. The great dangers lie within ourselves.
VICTOR HUGOIf people did not love one another, I really don’t see what use there would be in having any spring.
VICTOR HUGOThere is always more misery among the lower classes than there is humanity in the higher.
VICTOR HUGOCertain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees.
VICTOR HUGOYou ask me what forces me to speak? a strange thing; my conscience.
VICTOR HUGOThe future has several names. For the weak, it is impossible; for the fainthearted, it is unknown; but for the valiant, it is ideal.
VICTOR HUGOWhat a grand thing, to be loved! What a grander thing still, to love!
VICTOR HUGOMelancholy is the happiness of being sad.
VICTOR HUGO