Great Throughts Treasury

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Victor Hugo

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

Heart | Passion | Circumstance |

Victor Hugo

The human mind has a greater need of the ideal even than of the real. It is by the real that we exist; it is by the ideal that we live.

Despair | Heart |

Victor Hugo

Knowledge is authority based on truth. Man should be ruled by knowledge.

Victor Hugo

To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.

Heart | Life | Life |

Victor Hugo

The characteristic of men of genius of the first order is to produce each a distinctive model of man.

Cause | Darkness | Desire | Heart |

Victor Hugo

She gave anyone who saw her a sensation of April and of dawn. There was dew in her eyes. Cosette was a condensation of auroral light in womanly form.

Little | Love | Soul | Thought | Thought |

Victor Hugo

Whenever a man's friends begin to compliment him about looking young, he may be sure that they think he is growing old.

Victor Borge, born Børge Rosenbaum

When you go home, please drive home extremely carefully...extremely carefully. Because I walk in my sleep!

Atharva Veda, or Atharvaveda

Every being is a pilgrim destined to reach Madhava and merge in Him; but most people have forgotten the road; they wander like lost children, wasting precious time in the by-paths.

God | Heart | Will | God |

Atharva Veda, or Atharvaveda

Move ahead. Give proper Nourishment to the body. May your hands,legs and body not be destroyed by death.

Heart | Law | Morality |

Atharva Veda, or Atharvaveda

Our Lord and Master is the source of pleasures and liberation; and yet, the fool forgets Him.

Compassion | Heart | Qualities |

Atharva Veda, or Atharvaveda

If you too keep your senses and your wishes in check, you will gain by listening to these talks and by this visit; and I will be happy that you have taken to the path that will give you real strength and joy.

Argument | Heart | Will |

Atharva Veda, or Atharvaveda

A story from 'Last Barrier' aptly illustrates it. The Turkish Sufi Master tells his Christians devotee that every morning he sends a message of love to no one particular; whoever is ready, listens to it, responds.

Heart |

Atharva Veda, or Atharvaveda

Keep the tongue under control; do not express all you are prompted to say; cut that inclination to the minimum.

Body |

Atharva Veda, or Atharvaveda

The heart that does not melt at the sight of persons caught in the coils of ignorance, disease or deprivation, has to be labeled demonic; to call it bestial is an insult to the beasts.

Contentment | Heart |

Atharva Veda, or Atharvaveda

A 'brahmachari' (a celibate) acts in such a way that treading the paths of both earth and heaven becomes a pleasurable experience; that is why all the Gods always dwell with him(in his heart).

Heart |

Rig Veda, or The Rigveda

Only a good intellect can orient towards good work.

Heart | Mind |

Atharva Veda, or Atharvaveda

The heavens have stood, the earth has stood, all creatures have stood. The mountains have stood upon their foundation, the horses in the stable I have caused to stand.

Disease | Heart | Insult | Insult |

Yajur Veda, or Yajurveda

A radiant personality invariably proves that there is an intense spiritual fire burning within.

Good | Heart |

Atharva Veda, or Atharvaveda

You people are unconscious; you should be afraid of sin.

Envy | Evil | Heart | Rest |