"If the soul is left in darkness, sins will be committed. The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but the one who causes the darkness. (Monseigneur Bienvenu in _Les Miserables_)"

"...But listen, there will be more joy in heaven over the tears of a repentant sinner than over the white robes of a hundred just men."

"Diamonds are to be found only in the darkness of the earth, and truth in the darkness of the mind."

"If people did not love one another, I really don't see what use there would be in having any spring."

"Let us sacrifice one day to gain perhaps a whole life."

"If you wish to understand what Revolution is, call it Progress; and if you wish to understand what Progress is, call it Tomorrow."

"There are no weeds, and no worthless men. There are only bad farmers."

"Not seeing people permits us to imagine them with every perfection."

"And remember, the truth that once was spoken: To love another person is to see the face of God."

"And remember, the truth that once was spoken: To love another person is to see the face of God."

"What makes night within us may leave stars."

"What a grand thing, to be loved! What a grander thing still, to love!"

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

"A garden to walk in and immensity to dream in--what more could he ask? A few flowers at his feet and above him the stars."

"Winter is on my head, but eternal spring is in my heart."

"There is always more misery among the lower classes than there is humanity in the higher."

"Let us study things that are no more. It is necessary to understand them, if only to avoid them."

"Melancholy is the happiness of being sad."

"I have been loving you a little more every minute since this morning."

"To die for lack of love is horrible. The asphyxia of the soul."

"Love is the foolishness of men, and the wisdom of God."

"...Nobody knows like a woman how to say things that are both sweet and profound. Sweetness and depth, this is all of woman; this is Heaven."

"The pupil dilates in darkness and in the end finds light, just as the soul dilates in misfortune and in the end finds God."

"The future has several names. For the weak, it is impossible; for the fainthearted, it is unknown; but for the valiant, it is ideal."