Victor Hugo on cause
“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”
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Don’t educate your children to be rich. Educate them to be happy, so they know the value of things, not the price.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Teach the ignorant as much as you can; society is culpable in not providing a free education for all and it must answer for the night which it produces.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo A criminal remains a criminal whether he uses a convict’s suit or a monarch’s crown.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo No army can withstand the strength of an idea whose time has come.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo To die for lack of love is horrible. The asphyxia of the soul.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved – loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo There is nothing like a dream to create the future.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Go out in the world and work like money doesn’t matter, sing as if no one is listening, love as if you have never been hurt, and dance as if no one is watching.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo Diamonds are to be found only in the darkness of the earth, and truth in the darkness of the mind.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo The future has several names. For the weak, it is impossible; for the fainthearted, it is unknown; but for the valiant, it is ideal.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo To love another person is to see the face of God.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo The soul helps the body, and at certain moments raises it. It is the only bird that sustains its cage.
Victor HugoVictor Hugo To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.
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The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.
Frederick DouglassFrederick Douglass Fortunate is he whose mind has the power to probe the causes of things and trample underfoot all terrors and inexorable fate.
VirgilVirgil I cannot cause light; the most I can do is try to put myself in the path of its beam. It is possible, in deep space, to sail on solar wind. Light, be it particle or wave, has force: you rig a giant sail and go. The secret of seeing is to sail on solar wind.
Annie DillardAnnie Dillard Poverty is not the root cause of crime.
Rush LimbaughRush Limbaugh The women of this nation in 1876, have greater cause for discontent, rebellion and revolution than the men of 1776.
Susan B. AnthonySusan B. Anthony If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.
Charles DarwinCharles Darwin The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.
Will SmithWill Smith Fear is not real. The only place that fear can exist is in our thoughts of the future. It is a product of our imagination, causing us to fear things that do not at present and may not ever exist. Do not misunderstand me danger is very real, but fear is a choice.
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