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 HUGOHe was fond of books, for they are cool and sure friends.
More Victor Hugo Quotes
-
-
To 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 HUGO -
I have been loving you a little more every minute since this morning.
VICTOR HUGO -
Melancholy is the happiness of being sad.
VICTOR HUGO -
Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.
VICTOR HUGO -
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
VICTOR HUGO -
Inspiration and genius – one and the same.
VICTOR HUGO -
The power of a glance has been so much abused in love stories, that it has come to be disbelieved in.
VICTOR HUGO -
A smile is the same as sunshine; it banishes winter from the human countenance.
VICTOR HUGO -
The great acts of love are done by those who are habitually performing small acts of kindness.
VICTOR HUGO -
The pupil dilates in darkness and in the end finds light, just as the soul dilates in misfortune and in the end finds God.
VICTOR HUGO -
If you wish to understand what Revolution is, call it Progress; and if you wish to understand what Progress is, call it Tomorrow.
VICTOR HUGO -
Those who do not weep, do not see.
VICTOR HUGO -
Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees.
VICTOR HUGO -
To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.
VICTOR HUGO -
Wisdom is the health of the soul.
VICTOR HUGO