The brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over we realize this: that the human race has been roughly handled, but that it has advanced.

Quote by Victor Hugo

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A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.

A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.

The ideal and the beautiful are identical; the ideal corresponds to the idea, and beauty...

The ideal and the beautiful are identical; the ideal corresponds to the idea, and beauty...

A faith is a necessity to a man. Woe to him who believes in nothing.

A faith is a necessity to a man. Woe to him who believes in nothing.

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

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

One believes others will do what he will do to himself.

One believes others will do what he will do to himself.

I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the...

I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the...

A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is visible labor...

A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is visible labor...

To love is to act.

To love is to act.

The supreme happiness of life is the conviction of being loved for yourself, or more...

The supreme happiness of life is the conviction of being loved for yourself, or more...

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...

Strange to say, the luminous world is the invisible world; the luminous world is that...

Strange to say, the luminous world is the invisible world; the luminous world is that...

Sorrow is a fruit. God does not make it grow on limbs too weak to...

Sorrow is a fruit. God does not make it grow on limbs too weak to...

All I know is that you love me...in my dreams.

All I know is that you love me...in my dreams.

He who is not capable of enduring poverty is not capable of being free.

He who is not capable of enduring poverty is not capable of being free.

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.

From the oyster to the eagle, from the swine to the tiger, all animals are...

From the oyster to the eagle, from the swine to the tiger, all animals are...

One can resist the invasion of an army but one cannot resist the invasion of...

One can resist the invasion of an army but one cannot resist the invasion of...

Genius: the superhuman in man.

Genius: the superhuman in man.

When liberty returns, I will return.

When liberty returns, I will return.

I'm religiously opposed to religion.

I'm religiously opposed to religion.