Quotes about Emotions
It is not hatred that is wrong; it is hating the wrong thing that is wrong. It is not anger that is wrong; it is being angry at the wrong thing that is wrong. Tell me your enemy, and I will tell you what you are. Tell me your hatred, and I will tell you your character.
— Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
Of all the things that God has made, the human heart is the one which sheds the most light, alas! and the most darkness.
— Victor Hugo
Jean Prouvaire was timid only in repose. Once excited, he burst forth, a sort of mirth accentuated his enthusiasm, and he was at once both laughing and lyric.
— Victor Hugo
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.
— Victor Hugo
When you shall have learned to know, and to love, you will still suffer. The day is born in tears. The luminous weep, if only over those in darkness.
— Victor Hugo
The soul that loves and suffers is in the sublime state.
— Victor Hugo
Our joys have shadows. The perfect smile belongs to God alone.
— Victor Hugo
Almost all our desires, when examined, contain something too shameful to reveal.
— Victor Hugo
His mind could do without faith, but his heart could not do without friendship.
— Victor Hugo
All has happened to her that will happen to her. She has felt everything, borne everything, experienced everything, suffered everything, lost everything, mourned everything. She is resigned, with that resignation which resembles indifference, as death resembles sleep. She no longer avoids anything. Let all the clouds fall upon her, and all the ocean sweep over her! What matters it to her? She is a sponge that is soaked.
— Victor Hugo
There are certain natures which cannot have love on one side without hatred on the other.
— Victor Hugo
Il y a des illusions touchantes qui sont peut-être des réalités sublimes.
— Victor Hugo