The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are... - Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
"The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves—say rather, loved in spite of ourselves."
More quotes by Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
"where the telescope ends the microscope begins, and who can say which has the wider vision?"
"It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live."
"The pupil dilates in darkness and in the end finds light, just as the soul dilates in misfortune and in the end finds God."
"À ceux qui ignorent, enseignez-leur [...]Le coupable n'est pas celui qui y fait le péché, mais celui qui y a fait l'ombre."
"When love has fused and mingled two beings in a sacred and angelic unity, the secret of life has been discovered so far as they are concerned; they are no longer anything more than the two boundaries of the same destiny; they are no longer anything but the two wings of the same spirit. Love, soar."