Quotes about Eternity
The reduction of the universe to a single being, the expansion of a single being even to God, this is love.
— Victor Hugo
The infinite has being. It is there. If infinity had no self then self would not be. But it is. Therefore it has a self. The self of infinity is God.
— Victor Hugo
the old man raised his finger toward heaven, and said, 'The infinite exists. It is there. If the infinite had no ME, the ME would be its limit; it would not be the infinite; in other words, it would not be. But it is. Then it has a ME. This ME of the infinite is God.
— Victor Hugo
The infinite is. He is there. If the infinite had no person, person would be without limit; it would not be infinite; in other words, it would not exist. There is, then, an I. That I of the infinite is God.
— Victor Hugo
Infinity is. It is there. If infinity had no self, the self would be its limit; it would not be infinite. In other words, it would not be. But it is. So it has a self. This self of infinity is God.
— Victor Hugo
God can add nothing to the happiness of those who love, except to give them endless duration. After a life of love, an eternity of love is, in fact, an augmentation; but to increase in intensity even the ineffable felicity which love bestows on the soul even in this world, is impossible, even to God. God is the plenitude of heaven; love is the plenitude of man.
— Victor Hugo
At the approach of a certain dark hour, the light of Heaven fills those who are quitting the light of Earth.
— Victor Hugo
The presence of angels is an announcement of Paradise.
— Victor Hugo
All the birds that fly hold the thread of infinity in their claws. Germination
— Victor Hugo
The reduction of the universe to one single being, the expansion of one single being into God: That is what love is.
— Victor Hugo
Death belongs only to God. By what right to men tamper with a thing so unknowable?
— Victor Hugo
Promise to give me a kiss on my brow when I am dead. --I shall feel it.
— Victor Hugo