Victor Hugo Quotes

There are so many beautiful women, but there are no perfect ones.

In the eyes of the young, the flame burns; in the eyes of the old, the light shines.

Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, regardless of the body's activity, the soul is on its knees.

The soul has illusions, just like the bird has wings. That is what sustains it.

When love is happy, it leads the soul to sweetness and kindness.

Consciousness is the presence of God in man.

To try, to challenge, to persist, to persevere, to be true to oneself, to fight fiercely against destiny, to astonish catastrophe with our lack of fear, sometimes facing unjust power and other times rebelling against drunken victory, to resist, to stand up: that is the example that people need and the electrifying light.

Do you know what my illness is? Utopia. Do you know what yours is? Routine. Utopia is the future that strives to be born. Routine is the past that insists on persisting.

Memory is the invisible presence.

It is a strange pretension of man to expect love to lead somewhere.

The future belongs much more to hearts than to minds. To love, that is the only thing that can occupy and fulfill eternity. The infinite requires the inexhaustible.

When a child destroys his toy, it seems like he is searching for its soul.