"Life is the flower for which love..." - Quote by Victor Hugo

“And then, strange to say, the first symptom of true love in a young man is timidity; in a girl, it is boldness.”

“The earlier works of a man of genius are always preferred to the newer ones, in order to prove that he is going down instead of up.”

“What is called honors and dignities, and even honor and dignity, is generally fool's gold.”

“A life without passion is not living, it's merely existing”

“You rarely achieve finality. If you did, life would be over, but as you strive new visions open before you, new possibilities for the satisfaction of living.”

“I may add that I am enjoying existence as much as ever, and regret nothing.”

“Just as we take for granted the need to acquire proficiency in the basic academic subjects, I am hopeful that a time will come when we can take it for granted that children will learn, as part of the curriculum, the indispensability of inner values: love, compassion, justice, and forgiveness.”

“Surely there is no road of effort so steep but a loving deed may soften its hardshness.”

“A man is a little thing whilst he works by and for himself, but, when he gives voice to the rules of love and justice, is godlike, his word is current in all countries; and all men, though his enemies, are made his friends and obey it as their own.”