Victor Hugo

To a gargoyle on the ramparts of Notre Dame as Esmeralda rides off with Gringoire Quasimodo says. "Why was I not made of stone like thee? ↗

— Victor Hugo

#love

Yes, the brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over, this is recognised: that the human race has been harshly treated, but that it has advanced. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#inspirational #les-miserables #wisdom #inspirational

A smile is the same as sunshine; it banishes winter from the human countenance. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#inspirational

Love is a fault; so be it. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#love

As for methods of prayer, all are good, as long as they are sincere. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#inspirational

Whether true or false, what is said about men often has as much influence on their lives, and particularly on their destinies, as what they do. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#men

A cannonball travels only two thousand miles an hour; light travels two hundred thousand miles a second. Such is the superiority of Jesus Christ over Napoleon. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#god #les-miserables #napoleon #science-fiction #science

Profound hearts, wise minds, take life as God makes it; it is a long trial, and unintelligible preparation for the unknown destiny. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#life

His judgement demonstrates that one can be a genius and understand nothing of an art that is not one's own. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#art

But secondly you say 'society must exact vengeance, and society must punish'. Wrong on both counts. Vengeance comes from the individual and punishment from God. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#death-penalty #punishment #the-last-day-of-a-condemned-man #vengeance #victor-hugo