If God had intended that man should go backward, he would have given him eyes in the back of his head. — Victor Hugo Eye Copy Share Image
A cannonball travels only two thousand miles an hour; light travels two hundred thousand miles a second. Such is the superiority of… — Victor Hugo Cannonballs Copy Share Image
Reaction - a boat which is going against the current but which does not prevent the river from flowing on. — Victor Hugo Boat Copy Share Image
“The terrible shock of his sentence had in some way broken that wall which separates us from the mystery of things beyond… — Victor Hugo Broken Copy Share Image
To sum up all, let it be known that science and religion are two identical words. The learned do not suspect this,… — Victor Hugo Expression Copy Share Image
“On s'en va parce qu'on a besoin de distraction et l'on revient parce qu'on a besoin de bonheur.” — Victor Hugo Bonheur Copy Share Image
“The soul gropes in search of a soul, and finds it. And that soul, found and proven, is a woman. A hand… — Victor Hugo Left alone Copy Share Image
“Then live your life, above all things. Make use of your I while you have it.” — Victor Hugo Life Copy Share Image
“A certain amount of reverie is good, like a narcotic in discreet doses. It soothes the fever, occasionally high, of the brain… — Victor Hugo Daydreaming Copy Share Image
“What are the convulsions of a city compared to the emeutes of the soul? Man is a depth still more profound than… — Victor Hugo Spirituality Copy Share Image
To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark. — Victor Hugo Books Copy Share Image
“No temamos nunca ni a los ladrones ni a los asesinos: esos son los peligros exteriores, los pequeños peligros. Las preocupaciones, esas… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“He was fine; he, that orphan that foundling that outcast; he felt himself august and strong; he looked full in the face… — Victor Hugo Beautiful Copy Share Image
“There are no bad plants or bad men. There is only bad husbandry.” — Victor Hugo Bad husband Copy Share Image
“Au-dessus de l'absolu révolutionnaire, il y a l'absolu humain.” — Victor Hugo Humanitarianism Copy Share Image
O darkness, the sky is a gloomy precinct Whose door you close, and whose key the soul owns; And night divides itself… — Victor Hugo Angel Copy Share Image
“These Oscars bore the names, one of Felix Tholomyes, of Toulouse; the second, Listolier, of Cahors; the next, Fameuil, of Limoges; the… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“what is there left to desire beyond it? A little garden in which to walk, and immensity in which to dream. At… — Victor Hugo Garden Copy Share Image
