There are thoughts which are prayers. There are moments when, whatever the posture of the body, the soul is on its knees. — Victor Hugo
England has two books, one which she has made and one which has made her: shakespeare and the bible. — Victor Hugo
Love is a portion of the soul itself, and it is of the same nature as the celestial breathing of the atmosphere of paradise. — Victor Hugo
The most powerful symptom of love is a tenderness which becomes at times almost insupportable. — Victor Hugo
The reduction of the universe to a single being, the expansion of a single being even to God, this is love. — Victor Hugo
At the shrine of friendship never say die, let the wine of friendship never run dry – les miserables — Victor Hugo
The power of a glance has been so much abused in love stories that it has come to be disbelieved. — Victor Hugo
What is history? an echo of the past in the future; a reflex from the future on the past. — Victor Hugo
Well, for us, in history where goodness is a rare pearl, he who was good almost takes precedence over he who was great. — Victor Hugo
Mankind is not a circle with a single center but an ellipse with two focal points of which facts are one and ideas the other. — Victor Hugo
Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots. — Victor Hugo
Nothing else in the world…not all the armies…is so powerful as an idea whose time has come. — Victor Hugo