Quotes about God
One can no more keep the mind from returning to an idea than the sea from returning to a shore. For a sailor, this is called the tide; in the case of the guilty it is called remorse. God stirs up the soul as well as the ocean.
— Victor Hugo
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.
— Victor Hugo
It all seemed to him to have disappeared as if behind a curtain at a theater. There are such curtains that drop in life. God is moving on to the next act.
— Victor Hugo
Of all the things that God has made, the human heart is the one which sheds the most light, alas! and the most darkness.
— Victor Hugo
The infinite exists. It is there. If the infinite had no me, the me would be its limit; it would not be the infinite; in other words, it would not be. But it is. Then it has a me. This me of the infinite is God.
— Victor Hugo
Sorrow is a fruit. God does not make it grow on limbs too weak to bear it.
— Victor Hugo
Profound hearts, wise minds, take life as God makes it; it is a long trial, and unintelligible preparation for the unknown destiny.
— Victor Hugo
The most beautiful of altars, he said, is the soul of an unhappy creature consoled and thankfing God.
— Victor Hugo
What love commences can be finished by God alone.
— 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
If we wish to be happy, monsieur, we must never comprehend duty; for, as soon as we comprehend it, it is implacable. One would say that it punishes you for comprehending it; but no, it rewards you for it; for it puts you into a hell where you feel God at your side.
— Victor Hugo
Good night! Good night! Far flies the light; But still God's love Shall shine above, Making all bright, Good night! Good night!
— Victor Hugo