Quotes about Change
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
Revolution is the accession of the peoples, and, at the bottom, the People is Man.
- 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
With just the 'Carmagnole' to sing he will only overthrow Louis XVI; but give him the 'Marseillaise' and he will liberate the world.
- Victor Hugo
To wipe out abuse is not enough; you have to change people's whole outlook. The mill is no longer standing, but the wind's still there, blowing away.
- Victor Hugo
To travel is to be born and to die at every instant;
- Victor Hugo
Peoples, like planets, possess the right to an eclipse. And all is well, provided that the light returns and that the eclipse does not degenerate into night.
- Victor Hugo
Winter changes the water of heaven and the heart of man into a stone.
- Victor Hugo
Invading armies can be resisted, invading ideas cannot be.
- Victor Hugo
Never, even among animals, does the creature born to be a dove change into an osprey. That is only to be seen among men.
- 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