To die for lack of love is horrible. The asphyxia of the soul.
VICTOR HUGOTo die for lack of love is horrible. The asphyxia of the soul.
VICTOR HUGOLet us fear ourselves. Prejudices are the real robbers; vices are the real murderers. The great dangers lie within ourselves.
VICTOR HUGOChange your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.
VICTOR HUGOInspiration and genius – one and the same.
VICTOR HUGONot seeing people permits us to imagine them with every perfection.
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 HUGOAn intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.
VICTOR HUGOGo 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 HUGOOur mind is enriched by what we receive, our heart by what we give.
VICTOR HUGOWhat a grand thing, to be loved! What a grander thing still, to love!
VICTOR HUGOIf you are stone, be magnetic; if a plant, be sensitive; but if you are human be love.
VICTOR HUGOThe pupil dilates in darkness and in the end finds light, just as the soul dilates in misfortune and in the end finds God.
VICTOR HUGOTo love another person is to see the face of God.
VICTOR HUGOTeach 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 HUGOThe power of a glance has been so much abused in love stories, that it has come to be disbelieved in.
VICTOR HUGOAlmost all our desires, when examined, contain something too shameful to reveal.
VICTOR HUGO