Whenever we encounter the Infinite in man, however imperfectly understood, we treat it with respect. Whether in the synagogue, the mosque, the pagoda, or the wigwam, there is a hideous aspect which we execrate and a sublime aspect which we venerate. So great a subject for spiritual contemplation, such measureless dreaming - the echo of God on the human wall!

The thirst for the Infinite proves infinity.

When we are at the end of life, to die means to go away; when we are at the beginning, to go away means to die.

Joie est mon caractere, C'est la faute a Voltaire; Misere est mon trousseau C'est la faute a Rousseau. [Joy is my character, 'Tis the fault of Voltaire; Misery is my trousseau 'Tis the fault of Rousseau.] - Gavroche

Too much improvisation leaves the mind stupidly void.

Science says the first word on everything, and the last word on nothing.

Is it not when the fall is the lowest that charity ought to be the greatest?