If the soul is left in darkness, sins will be committed. The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but the one who causes the darkness. (Monseigneur Bienvenu in _Les Miserables_).
Weitere Zitate von Victor Hugo
Zum Autor"The soul of the just contemplates in sleep a mysterious heaven."
"In love there are no friends everywhere where there is a pretty woman hostility is open."
"Emergencies have always been necessary to progress. It was darkness which produced the lamp. It was fog that produced the compass. It was hunger that drove us to exploration. And it took a depression to teach us the real value of a job."
"They are les misérables - the outcasts, the underdogs. And who is to blame? Is it not the most fallen who have most need of charity?"
"Love is the foolishness of men, and the wisdom of God."
"Be happy without picking flaws."