Nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come. Victor Hugo More Quotes by Victor Hugo More Quotes From Victor Hugo You say, "Where goest Thou?" I cannot tell, And still go on. But if the way be straight I cannot go amiss: before me lies Dawn and the day: the night behind me: that Suffices me: I break the bounds: I see, And nothing more; believe and nothing less. My future is not one of my concerns. Victor Hugo night believe lying All roads are blocked to a philosophy which reduces everything to the word "no." To "no" there is only one answer and that is "yes." Nihilism has no substance. There is no such thing as nothingness, and zero does not exist. Everything is something. Nothing is nothing. Man lives more by affirmation than by bread. Victor Hugo zero men philosophy There are, as we know, powerful and illustrious atheists. At bottom, led back to the truth by their very force, they are not absolutely sure that they are atheists; it is with them only a question of definition, and in any case, if they do not believe in God, being great minds, they prove God. Victor Hugo powerful atheist believe I am for religion, against religions. Victor Hugo against-religion religion The mother...swinging the children by pulling on a length of string, while at the same time she kept and eye on them with that protective watchfulness, half animal, half angelic, which is the quality of motherhood. Victor Hugo eye mother children Brothers, he who dies here dies in the radiance of the future, and we are entering a tomb all flooded with the dawn. Victor Hugo entering dawn brother Progress is not accomplished in one stage. Victor Hugo accomplished progress stage Art moves. Hence its civilizing power. Victor Hugo artist art moving What is the cat?" he exclaimed. "It is a corrective. God, having made the mouse, said, 'I've made a blunder.' And he made the cat. The cat is the erratum of the mouse. The mouse, plus the cat, Is the revised and corrected proof of creation. Victor Hugo proof creation cat A joyous little creature, so beautiful, It was as if a gate of Heaven opened as she came in. Victor Hugo new-life beautiful heaven To know, to think, to dream. That is everything. Victor Hugo knows dream thinking What is called honors and dignities, and even honor and dignity, is generally fool's gold. Victor Hugo fool gold honor You have enemies? Why, it is the story of every man who has done a great deed or created a new idea. Victor Hugo wisdom men ideas Society is a republic. When an individual tries to lift themselves above others, they are dragged down by the mass, either by ridicule or slander. Victor Hugo republic society trying What is fright by night is curiosity by day. Victor Hugo fright curiosity night Right is right only when entire. Victor Hugo There are no weeds, and no worthless men. There are only bad farmers. Victor Hugo farmers weed men ...there is a point when the unfortunate and the infamous are associated and confused in a word, a mortal word, les miserables Victor Hugo infamous confused unfortunate One of the hardest tasks is to extract continually from one's soul an almost inexhaustible ill will. Victor Hugo ill-will tasks soul Primitive times are lyrical, ancient times epical, modern times dramatic. The ode sings of eternity, the epic imparts solemnity tohistory, the drama depicts life. The characteristic of the first poetry is ingeniousness, of the second, simplicity, of the third, truth. Victor Hugo epic drama history
