"The pupil dilates in darkness and in the end finds light, just as the soul dilates in misfortune and in the end finds God." — Victor Hugo, French novelist, born 1802
"I met in the street a poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat warm, his cloak was at his elbows, the water passed through his shoes and the stars through his soul." — Victor Hugo, French novelist, born 1802
"Emergencies have always been necessary to progress. It was darkness which produced the lamp. It was fog that produced the compass. It was hunger that drove us to exploration. And it took a depression to teach us the real value of a job." — Victor Hugo, French novelist, born 1802
"I don't approve of censorship. I like the French theater idea. Put on the play, and if the audience doesn't care for it, or feels offended by it, they rip up the seats." — John Huston, American film director, born 1906
"We have to be able to grow up. Our wrinkles are our medals of the passage of life. They are what we have been through and who we want to be. I don't think I will ever cut my face, because once I cut it, I'll never know where I've been." — Lauren Hutton, American model, born 1943
"If flowers want to grow right out of concrete sidewalk cracks I'm going to bend down and smell them." — David Ignatow, American poet, born 1914
"One can fall in love as often as a tree grows leaves. It is perfectly natural but not free of guilt and complications, unless one takes oneself to be a leaf." — David Ignatow, American poet, born 1914
"Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song." — John Paul II, Roman Catholic Pope, born 1920
"Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes." — John Paul II, Roman Catholic Pope, born 1920
"A society will be judged on the basis of how it treats its weakest members; and among the most vulnerable are surely the unborn and the dying." — John Paul II, Roman Catholic Pope, born 1920
"Carry a candle in the dark, be a candle in the dark, know that you're a flame in the dark." — Ivan Illich, Austrian priest, born 1926