Victor Hugo Quotes about God

Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees.

Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees.

God, Wisdom, Prayer

Victor Hugo (1994). “Les Miserables Volume Two”, p.636, Wordsworth Editions

Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace.

Victor Hugo

Inspirational, Life, God

Victor Hugo (1898). “From exile, and after the fall of the Empire”

God created the flirt as soon as he made the fool.

Victor Hugo

God, Flirty, Flirting

The spirit of God, like the sun, always gives all its light at once. The spirit of man resembles the pale moon, which has its phases, its absences and its returns, its lucidity and its spots, its fullness and its disappearance, which borrows all its light from the rays of the sun, and which still dares to intercept them on occasion.

Victor Hugo

God, Pride, Moon

Seeing so much poverty everywhere makes me think that God is not rich. He gives the appearance of it, but I suspect some financial difficulties.

Victor Hugo

God, Thinking, Giving

Ecclesiastes names thee Almighty, the Maccabees name thee Creator, the Epistle to the Ephesians names thee Liberty, Baruch names thee Immensity, the Psalms name thee Wisdom and Truth, John names thee Light, the Book of Kings names thee Lord, Exodus names thee Providence, Leviticus Sanctity, Esdras Justice, creation names thee God, man names thee Father; but Solomon names thee Compassion, which is the most beautiful of all thy names.

Victor Hugo

Beautiful, God, Kings

Victor Hugo (1980). “Les misérables”, Viking Pr

God secludes Himself; but the thinker listens at the door.

Victor Hugo

God, Thoughtful, Thinking

Progress is the stride of God.

Victor Hugo

God, Progress, Stride

God became man, granted. The devil became a woman.

Victor Hugo

God, Men, Devil

"Ruy Blas (Act II, Scene V)". Tragic drama by Victor Hugo, November 8, 1838.

To see so much misery everywhere, I suspect that God is not rich. He keeps up appearances, it is true, but I feel the pinch. He gives a revolution as a merchant, whose credit is low, gives a ball.

Victor Hugo

God, Giving, Revolution

Victor Hugo (1862). “Saint Denis”, p.148

Was it possible that Napoleon should win the battle of Waterloo? We answer, No! Why? Because of Wellington? Because of Blucher? No! Because of God! For Bonaparte to conquer at Waterloo was not the law of the nineteenth century. It was time that this vast man should fall. He had been impeached before the Infinite! He had vexed God! Waterloo was not a battle. It was the change of front of the Universe!

Victor Hugo

God, Fall, Winning

"The Hamilton Speaker (The Battle of Waterloo)". Book edited by Oliver Ernesto Branch, 1878.