Quotes about Progress
It is one of the poignant anxieties of the thinker that he sees the shadow resting on the human soul, and that he gropes in darkness without being able to awaken that slumbering Progress.
— Victor Hugo
Revolution cannot really be conquered... If you wish to understand what Revolution is, call it Progress; and if you wish to understand what Progress is, call it Tomorrow. Tomorrow performs its work irresistibly, and it does it from today.
— Victor Hugo
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