"As with stomachs, we should pity minds..." - Quote by Victor Hugo
As with stomachs, we should pity minds that do not eat.
More by Victor Hugo
“There shall be no slavery of the mind.”
“With a tiny bit of effort, the nettle would be useful; if you neglect it, it becomes a pest. So then we kill it. How many men are like nettles My friends, there is no such thing as a weed and no such thing as a bad man. There are only bad cultivators.”
“I love all men who think, even those who think otherwise than myself.”
More on Mind
“Odd how the creative power at once brings the whole universe to order.”
“The stars awaken a certain reverence, because though always present, they are inaccessible; but all natural objects make a kindred impression, when the mind is open to their influence. Nature never wears a mean appearance.”
“My dull brain was wrought with things forgotten.”
More on Knowledge
“I am a part of everything that I have read.”
“To act without clear understanding, to form habits without investigation, to follow a path all one's life without knowing where it really leads; such is the behavior of the multitude.”
“If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.”