“The reduction of the universe to a single being, the expansion of a single being even to God, this is love.”

“The reduction of the universe to the compass of a single being, and the extension of a single being until it reaches God - that is love. Love is the salute of the angels to the stars.How sad is the heart when rendered sad by love!How great is the void created by the absence of the being who alone fills the world.”

“Love is the reduction of the universe to the single being, and the expansion of a single being, even to God”

“God is behind everything, but everything hides God. Things are black, creatures are opaque. To love a being is to render that being transparent.”

“The supreme happiness of life is the conviction of being loved for yourself or more correctly being loved in spite of yourself.”

“Man is not a circle with a single center; he is an ellipse with two focii. Facts are one, ideas are the other.”

“Because things are not agreeable," said Jean Valjean, "that is no reason for being unjust towards God.”