Quotes about Perception
Geometry is deceptive; the hurricane alone is trustworthy.
— Victor Hugo
As the place is worth seeing, nobody goes there.
— Victor Hugo
Nihilism has no point. There is no such thing as nothingness. Zero does not exist. Everything is something. Nothing is nothing. Man
— Victor Hugo
Sometimes, beautiful as Cosette was, Marius shut his eyes in her presence. The best way to look at the soul is through closed eyes.
— Victor Hugo
The soul of a young girl should not be left in the dark; later on, mirages that are too abrupt and too lively are formed there, as in a dark chamber.
— Victor Hugo
A man's eye reveals his quality. It shows how much of a man there is within us. We declare ourselves by the light that gleams under our eyebrows. Petty spirits merely wink; great spirits emit a flash of lightning.
— Victor Hugo
He was a friendly but sad figure. People said of him: 'A rich man who is not proud. A fortunate man who does not look happy.
— Victor Hugo
Blind is he who will not see!
— Victor Hugo
He sought not to efface sorrow by forgetfulness, but to magnify and dignify it by hope. He said:— Have a care of the manner in which you turn towards the dead. Think not of that which perishes. Gaze steadily. You will perceive the living light of your well-beloved dead in the depths of heaven.
— Victor Hugo
Man finds prejudices beside his cradle, puts them from him a little in the course of his career, and often, alas! takes to them again in his old age. During this journey in 1825
— Victor Hugo
In the case of sand as in that of woman, there is a fineness which is treacherous.
— Victor Hugo
One speaks to one's self, talks to one's self, exclaims to one's self without breaking the external silence; there is a great tumult; everything about us talks except the mouth. The realities of the soul are none the less realities because they are not visible and palpable.
— Victor Hugo