What is history? An echo of the past in the future; a reflex from the future on the past.

Quote by Victor Hugo

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

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

Liberation is not deliverance.

Liberation is not deliverance.

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.

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...

To love another person is to see the face of God. [Les Miserables]

To love another person is to see the face of God. [Les Miserables]

Style is the substance of the subject called unceasingly to the surface.

Style is the substance of the subject called unceasingly to the surface.

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.

Be as a bird perched on a frail branch that she feels bending beneath her,...

Be as a bird perched on a frail branch that she feels bending beneath her,...

There are thoughts which are prayers. There are moments when, whatever the posture of the...

There are thoughts which are prayers. There are moments when, whatever the posture of the...

I'm religiously opposed to religion.

I'm religiously opposed to religion.

Because one doesn't like the way things are is no reason to be unjust towards...

Because one doesn't like the way things are is no reason to be unjust towards...

Prayer is an august avowal of ignorance.

Prayer is an august avowal of ignorance.

Wisdom is a sacred communion.

Wisdom is a sacred communion.

The beautiful has but one type, the ugly has a thousand.

The beautiful has but one type, the ugly has a thousand.

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...

Reaction - a boat which is going against the current but which does not prevent...

Reaction - a boat which is going against the current but which does not prevent...

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...

He who has not looked on Sorrow will never see Joy.

He who has not looked on Sorrow will never see Joy.

No one is exempt from grief.

No one is exempt from grief.