To think is of itself to be useful it is always and in all cases a striving toward God.
Quote by Victor Hugo
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To think is of itself to be useful it is always and in all cases a striving toward God.
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Victor Hugo Quotes
- All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come.
- Freedom in art, freedom in society, this is the double goal towards which all consistent and logical minds must strive.
- Peace is the virtue of civilization. War is its crime.
- Hope is the word which God has written on the brow of every man.
- Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace.
- The drama is complete poetry. The ode and the epic contain it only in germ it contains both of them in a state of high development, and epitomizes both.
- A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil.
- I am a soul. I know well that what I shall render up to the grave is not myself. That which is myself will go elsewhere. Earth, thou art not my abyss!
- Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.
- The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.
Best Quotes
- I believe entertainment can aspire to be art, and can become art, but if you set out to make art you're an idiot.
- I want to make all kinds of movies. I do want to make big movies that are a lot of fun to go to, but I also want to make movies that are going to stimulate some thought and maybe raise some awareness.
- I think we're all good and bad, but good's not funny. Bad is funny. Suppress the good and let the bad out, and then you can be funny.
- I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar of language and purity and tolerance.
- Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.
- Local economies are suffering as people spend more on fuel and less on consumer goods and travel.
- If an eloquent speaker speak not the truth, is there a more horrid kind of object in creation?
- Experience taught me a few things. One is to listen to your gut, no matter how good something sounds on paper. The second is that you're generally better off sticking with what you know. And the third is that sometimes your best investments are the ones you don't make.
- I get asked a lot about getting into politics. I say, 'Take a look at politics. You tell me what seems appealing about that.'
- Most people are satisfied with the junk food being sold as music.