Quotes from Jules Verne

Nature's creative power is far beyond man's instinct of destruction.

The cold, increased by the tremendous speed, deprived them of the power of speech.

The possession of wealth leads almost inevitably to its abuse. It is the chief, if not the only, cause of evils which desolate this world below. The thirst for gold is responsible for the most regrettable lapses into sin.

The Chinaman has only a passive courage, but this courage he possesses in the highest degree. His indifference to death is truly extraordinary. When he is ill, he sees it approach, and does not falter. When condemned, and already in the hands of an officer, he manifests no fear.

When one has taken root, one puts out branches.

It may be taken for granted that, rash as Americans usually are, when they are prudent, there is good reason for it.

'Movement is life;' and it is well to be able to forget the past, and kill the present by continual change.

Before all masters, necessity is the one most listened to, and who teaches the best.

The Great Architect of the universe built it of good firm stuff.

The sole precoccupation of this learned society was the destruction of humanity for philanthropic reasons and the perfection of weapons as instruments of civilization.

The sea is everything. It covers seven tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and healthy. It is an immense desert, where man is never lonely, for he feels life stirring on all sides.

One has only to follow events, and you will be all right. The surest way is to take whatever comes as it comes.

To put up with what you cannot avoid is a philosophical principle, that may not perhaps lead you to the accomplishment of great deeds, but is assuredly eminently practical.

Everything great in science and art is simple. What can be less complicated than the greatest discoveries of humanity - gravitation, the compass, the printing press, the steam engine, the electric telegraph?

Everybody knows that England is the world of betting men, who are of a higher class than mere gamblers: to bet is in the English temperament.

I wanted to see what no one had yet observed, even if I had to pay for this curiosity with my life.

Numerous observations made upon fevers, somnambulisms, and other human maladies, seem to prove that the moon does exercise some mysterious influence upon man.

I can undertake and persevere even without hope of success.

There is hope for the future, and when the world is ready for a new and better life, all these things will some day come to pass, - in God's good time

If Providence has created the stars and the planets, man has called the cannonball into existence.

The moon, by her comparative proximity, and the constantly varying appearances produced by her several phases, has always occupied a considerable share of the attention of the inhabitants of the earth.

It is for others one must learn to do everything; for there lies the secret of happiness.

As long as a man's heart beats, as long as a man's flesh quivers, I do not allow that a being gifted with thought and will can allow himself to despair.

The regions of the North Pole situated within the eighty-fourth degree of north latitude have not yet been utilized, for the very good reason that they have not yet been discovered.