Strange to say, the luminous world is the invisible world; the luminous world is that which we do not see. Our eyes of flesh see only night.

Quote by Victor Hugo

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Slaves would be tyrants were the chance theirs

Slaves would be tyrants were the chance theirs

To think of shadows is a serious thing.

To think of shadows is a serious thing.

What would be ugly in a garden constitutes beauty in a mountain.

What would be ugly in a garden constitutes beauty in a mountain.

When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is...

When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is...

Progress is the stride of God.

Progress is the stride of God.

Do not let it be your aim to be something, but to be someone.

Do not let it be your aim to be something, but to be someone.

What a grand thing, to be loved! What a grander thing still, to love!

What a grand thing, to be loved! What a grander thing still, to love!

The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves,...

The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves,...

My tastes are aristocratic, my actions democratic.

My tastes are aristocratic, my actions democratic.

Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived...

Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived...

When a woman is talking to you, listen to what she says with her eyes.

When a woman is talking to you, listen to what she says with her eyes.

The ox suffers, the cart complains.

The ox suffers, the cart complains.

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...

When grace is joined with wrinkles, it is adorable. There is an unspeakable dawn in...

When grace is joined with wrinkles, it is adorable. There is an unspeakable dawn in...

He does not weep who does not see

He does not weep who does not see

The learned man knows that he is ignorant.

The learned man knows that he is ignorant.

There are fathers who do not love their children; there is no grandfather who does...

There are fathers who do not love their children; there is no grandfather who does...

England has two books, one which she has made and one which has made her:...

England has two books, one which she has made and one which has made her:...

A man practices the art of adventure when he breaks the chain of routine and...

A man practices the art of adventure when he breaks the chain of routine and...

When I am dead, I hope it may be said: His sins were scarlet, but...

When I am dead, I hope it may be said: His sins were scarlet, but...