The human soul has still greater need of the ideal than of the real. It is by the real that we exist; it is by the ideal that we live.

Quote by Victor Hugo

Topics: Ideals Quotes, Living Quotes, Reality Quotes

Life is the flower for which love is the honey.

Life is the flower for which love is the honey.

A creditor is worse than a slave-owner; for the master owns only your person, but...

A creditor is worse than a slave-owner; for the master owns only your person, but...

It is the end. But of what? The end of France? No. The end of...

It is the end. But of what? The end of France? No. The end of...

Nations, like stars, are entitled to eclipse. All is well, provided the light returns and...

Nations, like stars, are entitled to eclipse. All is well, provided the light returns and...

To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out...

To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out...

Greater than the tread of mighty armies is an idea whose time has come.

Greater than the tread of mighty armies is an idea whose time has come.

Slaves would be tyrants were the chance theirs

Slaves would be tyrants were the chance theirs

Ask not the name of him who asks you for a bed. It is especially...

Ask not the name of him who asks you for a bed. It is especially...

Life's greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved.

Life's greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved.

Genius is rare because the means of becoming one have not been available

Genius is rare because the means of becoming one have not been available

The drama is complete poetry. The ode and the epic contain it only in germ;...

The drama is complete poetry. The ode and the epic contain it only in germ;...

A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil.

A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil.

May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong,...

May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong,...

The first symptom of love in a young man is timidity; in a girl boldness.

The first symptom of love in a young man is timidity; in a girl boldness.

Intelligence is the wife, imagination is the mistress, memory is the servant.

Intelligence is the wife, imagination is the mistress, memory is the servant.

The brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over we realize this: that...

The brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over we realize this: that...

No one keeps a secret so well as a child

No one keeps a secret so well as a child

Of course I can keep a secret. Its the people I tell it to who...

Of course I can keep a secret. Its the people I tell it to who...

If you reveal your secrets to the wind you should not blame the wind for...

If you reveal your secrets to the wind you should not blame the wind for...

The secret of two is God's secret, the secret of three is everybody's secret

The secret of two is God's secret, the secret of three is everybody's secret