Quotes from Victor Hugo

He did not study God; he was dazzled by him.

God is behind everything, but everything hides God.

To see so much misery everywhere, I suspect that God is not rich. He keeps up appearances, it is true, but I feel the pinch. He gives a revolution as a merchant, whose credit is low, gives a ball.

To think is of itself to be useful; it is always and in all cases a striving toward God.

God created the flirt as soon as he made the fool.

God secludes Himself; but the thinker listens at the door.

The most beautiful of altars, he said, is the soul of an unhappy creature consoled and thankfing God.

Because one doesn't like the way things are is no reason to be unjust towards God.

Seeing so much poverty everywhere makes me think that God is not rich. He gives the appearance of it, but I suspect some financial difficulties.

Progress is the stride of God.

God will bless you,' said he, 'you are an angel since you take care of the flowers.' 'No,' she replied. 'I am the devil, but that's all the same to me.

God was bored by him.

Of all the things that God has made, the human heart is the one which sheds the most light, alas! and the most darkness.

God became man, granted. The devil became a woman.

God made the water but men made the wine.

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.

God whose gifts in gracious flood Unto all who seek are sent, Only asks you to be good And is content.

Between the government which does evil and the people who accept it - there is a certain shameful solidarity.

Great perils have this beauty, that they bring to light the fraternity of strangers.

Architecture has recorded the great ideas of the human race. Not only every religious symbol, but every human thought has its page in that vast book.

Happiness wishes everybody happy.

Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched, and those who have tried for only they can appreciate the importance of people who have touched their lives.

To be perfectly happy it does not suffice to possess happiness, it is necessary to have deserved it.

Children at once accept joy and happiness with quick familiarity, being themselves naturally all happiness and joy.