Marius was of the temperament that sinks into grief and remains there; Cosette was of the sort that plunges in and comes out again.

Let us say it now: to be blind and to be loved, is indeed, upon this earth where nothing is complete, one of the most strangely exquisite forms of happiness.

Gutenberg's invention of printing is the greatest event-the mother of revolution

It is not so easy to keep silent when the silence is a lie.

A day will come when all nations on our continent will form a European brotherhood... A day will come when we shall see... the United States of America and the United States of Europe face to face, reaching out for each other across the seas.

A one-eyed man is much more incomplete than a blind man, for he knows what it is that's lacking.

Thought is the labor of the intellect, reverie is its pleasure.