Religions do a useful thing: they narrow God to the limits of man. Philosophy replies by doing a necessary thing: it elevates man to the plane of God.

Quote by Victor Hugo

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The human soul has still greater need of the ideal than of the real. It...

The human soul has still greater need of the ideal than of the real. It...

Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body,...

Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body,...

Be like the bird that, passing on her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels...

Be like the bird that, passing on her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels...

The greatest happines of life is the conviction that we are loved-loved for ourselves, or...

The greatest happines of life is the conviction that we are loved-loved for ourselves, or...

The wise man does not grow old, but ripens.

The wise man does not grow old, but ripens.

Puns are the droppings of soaring wits.

Puns are the droppings of soaring wits.

An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.

An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.

A library implies an act of faith.

A library implies an act of faith.

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...

Je hais vos idÃ©es, mais je me ferait tuer pour que vous ayez le droit...

Je hais vos idÃ©es, mais je me ferait tuer pour que vous ayez le droit...

The most powerful symptom of love is a tenderness which becomes at times almost insupportable.

The most powerful symptom of love is a tenderness which becomes at times almost insupportable.

Life, misfortunes, isolation, abandonment, poverty, are battlefields which have their heroes; obscure heroes, sometimes greater...

Life, misfortunes, isolation, abandonment, poverty, are battlefields which have their heroes; obscure heroes, sometimes greater...

Smallness in a great man seems smaller by its disproportion with all the rest.

Smallness in a great man seems smaller by its disproportion with all the rest.

Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.

Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.

One sometimes says: 'He killed himself because he was bored with life.' One ought rather...

One sometimes says: 'He killed himself because he was bored with life.' One ought rather...

But when ill indeed, Even dismissing the doctor don't always succeed.

But when ill indeed, Even dismissing the doctor don't always succeed.

I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His...

I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His...

There is one spectacle grander than the sea, that is the sky; there is one...

There is one spectacle grander than the sea, that is the sky; there is one...

The ox suffers, the cart complains.

The ox suffers, the cart complains.

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.