#vic

The poor man shuddered, overflowed with an angelic joy; he declared in his transport that this would last through life; he said to himself that he really had not suffered enough to deserve such radiant happiness, and he thanked God, in the depths of his soul, for having permitted that he, a miserable man, should be so loved by this innocent being. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#gratitude #joy #les-miserables #suffering #victor-hugo

All your life people will tell you things. And most of the time, probably ninety-five percent of the time, what they'll tell you will be wrong. ↗

— Michael Crichton

#life

My mother always said 'Don't bother other people.' I think that's good advice. ↗

— Amy Sedaris

#life #mothers #life

Plain question and plain answer make the shortest road out of most perplexities. ↗

— Mark Twain

#life

Life is for service. ↗

— Fred Rogers

#service #life

You can either be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It all depends on how you view your life. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#eleven-minutes #paolo-coelho #treasure #victim #world

Find a voice in a whisper. ↗

— Martin Luther King Jr.

#life #life

I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it. ↗

— Harry S. Truman

#advice #advise #best way #children #find

I'm told there's no going back. So I'm choosing forward. ↗

— David Levithan

#dash #guide #life #life

The book the reader has now before his eyes - from one end to the other, in its whole and in its details, whatever the omissions, the exceptions, or the faults - is the march from evil to good, from injustice to justice, from the false to the true, from night to day, from appetite to conscience, from rottenness to life, from brutality to duty, from Hell to Heaven, from nothingness to God. Starting point: matter; goal: the soul. Hydra at the beginning, angel at the end. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#victor-hugo #life