Victor Hugo Quotes About Compassion

Quotes about: Compassion

• 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

• His universal compassion was due less to natural instinct, than to a profound conviction, a sum of thoughts that in the course of living had filtered through to his heart: for in the nature of man, as in rock, there may be channels hollowed by the dropping of water, and these can never be destroyed.

  Victor Hugo

  Heart, Men, Compassion

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

• If you are leaving that sorrowful place with hate and anger against men, you are worthy of compassion; if you leave it with good will, gentleness and peace, you are better than any of us.

  Victor Hugo

  Hate, Men, Compassion

  Victor Hugo (1994). “Les Miserables Volume One”, p.54, Wordsworth Editions

• Let us have compassion for those under chastisement. Alas, who are we ourselves? Who am I and who are you? Whence do we come and is it quite certain that we did nothing before we were born? This earth is not without some resemblance to a gaol. Who knows but that man is a victim of divine justice? Look closely at life. It is so constituted that one senses punishment everywhere.

  Victor Hugo

  Men, Compassion, Divine Justice

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