Quotes by Victor Hugo

Justice has its anger, my lord Bishop, and the wrath of justice is an element of progress. Whatever else may be said of it, the French Revolution was the greatest step forward by mankind since the coming of Christ. It was unfinished, I agree, but still it was sublime. It released the untapped springs of society; it softened hearts, appeased, tranquilized, enlightened, and set flowing through the world the tides of civilization. It was good. The French Revolution was the anointing of humanity.

God made the cat so that man might have the pleasure of caressing the tiger.

To die is nothing, but it is terrible not to live.

There is nothing like a dream to create the future.

There is nothing like dream to create the future.  Utopia today, flesh and blood tomorrow.

The supreme happiness in life is the conviction that we are loved.

Be as a bird perched on a frail branch that she feels bending beneath her, still she sings away all the same, knowing she has wings. Victor Hugo

What is done is but little by the side of what remains to be done.  To destroy is the task:  to build is the work.  Progress demolishes with the left hadn; it is with the right hand that it builds.  The left hand of Progress is called Force; the right hand is called Mind. 
Victor Hugo

Cette âme est pleine d'ombre, le péché s'y commet. Le coupable n'est pas celui qui y fait le péché, mais celui qui y a fait l'ombre.

To die is nothing; but it is terrible not to live.