There shall be no slavery of the mind.

The women laughed and wept; the crowd stamped their feet enthusiastically, for at that moment Quasimodo was really beautiful. He was handsome — this orphan, this foundling, this outcast.

If I were Jesus Christ, I would save Judas.

Life's greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved.

Idleness, pleasure, what abysses! To do nothing is a dreary course to take, be sure of it. To live idle upon the substance of society! To be useless, that is to say, noxious! This leads straight to the lowest depth of misery.

He loved books; books are cold but safe friends.

True thinkers are characterized by a blending of clearness and mystery.