Quotes about Belief
He who despairs is wrong.
— Victor Hugo
A phenomenon often seen. A sceptic adhering to a believer; that is as simple as the law of the complementary colours. What we lack attracts us. Nobody loves the light like the blind man...
— Victor Hugo
Because things are not agreeable, said Jean Valjean, that is no reason for being unjust towards God.
— Victor Hugo
I didn't believe it could be so monstrous. It's wrong to be so absorbed in divine law as not to perceive human law. Death belongs to God alone. By what right do men tough that unknown thing?
— Victor Hugo
Clearly, he had his own strange way of judging things. I suspect he acquired it from the Gospels.
— Victor Hugo
Though one believes in nothing, there are moments in life when one accepts the religion of the temple nearest at hand.
— Victor Hugo
He had the confidence of a man who had never been wounded.
— Victor Hugo
His mind could do without faith, but his heart could not do without friendship.
— Victor Hugo
Il y a des illusions touchantes qui sont peut-être des réalités sublimes.
— Victor Hugo
I make little account of victory. Nothing is so stupid as to vanquish; the real glory is to convince.
— Victor Hugo
As we see, he had a strange and peculiar way of judging things. I suspect that he acquired it from the Gospel.
— Victor Hugo
Thus is youth constituted; it quickly wipes its eye; it believes sorrow useless and does not accept it. Youth is the smile of the future before an unknown being which is itself. It is natural for it to be happy. IT seems as though it breathed hope.
— Victor Hugo