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

It is by suffering that human beings become angels.

It is by suffering that human beings become angels.

He, who every morning plans the transactions of the day, and follows that plan, carries...

He, who every morning plans the transactions of the day, and follows that plan, carries...

The flesh is the surface of the unknown.

The flesh is the surface of the unknown.

Wisdom is a sacred communion.

Wisdom is a sacred communion.

To think is of itself to be useful; it is always and in all cases...

To think is of itself to be useful; it is always and in all cases...

To love another person is to see the face of God.

To love another person is to see the face of God.

The wise man does not grow old, but ripens.

The wise man does not grow old, but ripens.

Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.

Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.

Nature has made a pebble and a female. The lapidary makes the diamond, and the...

Nature has made a pebble and a female. The lapidary makes the diamond, and the...

Civil war? What does that mean? Is there any foreign war? Isn't every war fought...

Civil war? What does that mean? Is there any foreign war? Isn't every war fought...

Evil. Mistrust those who rejoice at it even more than those who do it.

Evil. Mistrust those who rejoice at it even more than those who do it.

A little girl without a doll is almost as unfortunate and quite as impossible as...

A little girl without a doll is almost as unfortunate and quite as impossible as...

Slaves would be tyrants were the chance theirs

Slaves would be tyrants were the chance theirs

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...

Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it....

Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it....

I'm religiously opposed to religion.

I'm religiously opposed to religion.

A library implies an act of faith.

A library implies an act of faith.

Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched, and those...

Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched, and those...

Happiness includes chiefly the idea of satisfaction after full honest effort. No one can possibly...

Happiness includes chiefly the idea of satisfaction after full honest effort. No one can possibly...

Happiness is the time when you're chasing happiness.

Happiness is the time when you're chasing happiness.