The reduction of the universe to a single being, the expansion of a single being even to God, this is love.

Quote by Victor Hugo

Topics: Love Quotes, Religion Quotes, Universe Quotes

Peace is the virtue of civilization. War is its crime.

Peace is the virtue of civilization. War is its crime.

Those who live are those who fight.

Those who live are those who fight.

To rise from error to truth is rare and beautiful.

To rise from error to truth is rare and beautiful.

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.

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...

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...

Without vanity, without coquetry, without curiosity, in a word, without the fall, woman would not...

Without vanity, without coquetry, without curiosity, in a word, without the fall, woman would not...

Men become accustomed to poison by degrees.

Men become accustomed to poison by degrees.

To contemplate is to look at shadows.

To contemplate is to look at shadows.

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

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

Intelligence is the wife, imagination is the mistress, memory is the servant.

Intelligence is the wife, imagination is the mistress, memory is the servant.

Life is the flower for which love is the honey.

Life is the flower for which love is the honey.

Courage is not the absence of fear, but the mastery of it

Courage is not the absence of fear, but the mastery of it

A war between Europeans is a civil war.

A war between Europeans is a civil war.

Thought is the labor of the intellect, reverie is its pleasure.

Thought is the labor of the intellect, reverie is its pleasure.

We may remark in passing that to be blind and beloved may, in this world...

We may remark in passing that to be blind and beloved may, in this world...

You've got to dance like nobody's watching and love like it's never going to hurt.

You've got to dance like nobody's watching and love like it's never going to hurt.

Toleration is the best religion.

Toleration is the best religion.

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 ox suffers, the cart complains.

The ox suffers, the cart complains.