Quotes about Progress
To subdue matter is the first step; to realize the ideal is the second.
— Victor Hugo
Justice has its anger, Monsieur Bishop, and the wrath of justice is an element of progress. No matter what they say, the French Revolution is the greatest advance taken by mankind since the coming of Christ.
— Victor Hugo
If you wish to gain an idea of what revolution is, call it Progress; and if you wish to acquire an idea of the nature of progress, call it To-morrow. To-morrow fulfils its work irresistibly, and it is already fulfilling it to-day. It
— Victor Hugo
To destroy abuses is not sufficient; customs must be modified. The mill is there no longer; the wind is still there.
— Victor Hugo
To-morrow fulfils its work irresistibly, and it is already fulfilling it to-day.
— Victor Hugo
Errors make excellent projectiles.
— Victor Hugo
Invading armies can be resisted, invading ideas cannot be.
— Victor Hugo
In this nineteenth century, the religious idea is undergoing a crisis. People are unlearning certain things, and they do well, provided that, while unlearning them they learn this: There is no vacuum in the human heart. Certain
— Victor Hugo
It is the features of the years that makes up the face of the century.
— Victor Hugo
Breaking the gloomy bonds of the past is a mournful task.
— Victor Hugo
An inward growth seemed to be in progress within him. He was conscious of a sort of natural enlargement, which gave him two things that were new to him — his father and his country.
— Victor Hugo
It is the lineaments of the years which form the countenance of the century.
— Victor Hugo