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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I'm religiously opposed to religion.

I'm religiously opposed to religion.

I love all men who think, even those who think otherwise than myself.

I love all men who think, even those who think otherwise than myself.

Life is a voyage.

Life is a voyage.

The omnipotence of evil has never resulted in anything but fruitless efforts. Our thoughts always...

The omnipotence of evil has never resulted in anything but fruitless efforts. Our thoughts always...

He does not weep who does not see

He does not weep who does not see

Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.

Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.

Hope is the word which God has written on the brow of every man.

Hope is the word which God has written on the brow of every man.

Mankind is not a circle with a single center but an ellipse with two focal...

Mankind is not a circle with a single center but an ellipse with two focal...

To give thanks in solitude is enough. Thanksgiving has wings and goes where it must...

To give thanks in solitude is enough. Thanksgiving has wings and goes where it must...

Rhyme, that enslaved queen, that supreme charm of our poetry, that creator of our meter.

Rhyme, that enslaved queen, that supreme charm of our poetry, that creator of our meter.

Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age.

Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age.

Popularity? It's glory's small change.

Popularity? It's glory's small change.

Human intelligence discovered a way of perpetuating itself, one not only more durable and more...

Human intelligence discovered a way of perpetuating itself, one not only more durable and more...

The word is the Verb, and the Verb is God.

The word is the Verb, and the Verb is God.

Hell is an outrage on humanity. When you tell me that your deity made you...

Hell is an outrage on humanity. When you tell me that your deity made you...

Each man should frame life so that at some future hour fact and his dreaming...

Each man should frame life so that at some future hour fact and his dreaming...

My tastes are aristocratic, my actions democratic.

My tastes are aristocratic, my actions democratic.

One of the hardest tasks is to extract continually from one's soul an almost inexhaustible...

One of the hardest tasks is to extract continually from one's soul an almost inexhaustible...

I am a soul. I know well that what I shall render up to the...

I am a soul. I know well that what I shall render up to the...

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...