SAYINGS OF THE SAGES - HUGO

Victor Hugo, 1802 - l885, French novelist and poet
Author of Les Miserables in 1862. One of the greatest
teachers of democracy. An opponent of Napoleon III, he
deemed it wise to go into exile in a country home on the
Isle of Guernsey. His complete works covered forty volumes.

"Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause." Again he said:

"Go to rest with prayer. . having for your pillow the infinite; love,
belief and hope, look kindly upon mothers nursing their children
on their doorsteps of humble cottages, walk through the world
without malevolence, do not knowingly crush the humblest flower,
respect the needs of birds, be as one with watering pot in hand, only
let your watering pot be filled with good deeds and good words.
The beautiful is as useful as the useful." Thank you Victor Hugo for
your wonderful legacy of books and wise words left to us. I add these
lines and suggest you record your own special thoughts for posterity.

Resentments held within the heart, Creates a stumbling zone,
That harms like lava's molten flow, With sharp and roughened stones.
Our own reality we form, The daily walk makes clear,
The way we handle thoughts and deeds, We move to higher spheres.

This sojourn here provides a chance, To prove how strength of will,
With careful choice of thoughts and acts, Can change the physical.
And as the inner state of soul, Receives priority,
We join Divine creative role, And share its harmony.

Suzie-Q