Prejudices are the real robbers,

vices are the real murderers.

The great dangers lie within ourselves.

What matters is what threatens

our head or our purse!

Let us think only of that

which threatens our soul.

-- Bishop M. Myriel in Les Miserables

Do not inquire the name of him

who asks a shelter of you.

The very man who is embarassed by his name

is the one who needs shelter.

-- Bishop M. Myriel in Les Miserables

The beautiful is as useful

as the useful.

-- Bishop M. Myriel in Les Miserables when talked about flower versus vegetables.

 

The most beautiful of altars is the soul of an unhappy creature consoled and thanking God.

-- M. Myriel in Les Miserables