It is not enough for us to prostrate ourselves under the tree which is Creation, and to contemplate its tremendous branches filled with stars. We have a duty to perform, to work upon the human soul, to defend the mystery against the miracle, to worship the incomprehensible while rejecting the absurd; to accept, in the inexplicable, only what is necessary; to dispel the superstitions that surround religion -- to rid God of His Maggots.

Famous Quotes / Victor Hugo

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Victor Hugo: "It is not enough for us to prostrate ourselves under the tree which is Creation, and to contemplate its tremendous branches filled with stars. We have a duty to perform, to work upon the human soul, to defend the mystery against the miracle, to worship the incomprehensible while rejecting the absurd; to accept, in the inexplicable, only what is necessary; to dispel the superstitions that surround religion -- to rid God of His Maggots."

Quotations about

Absurd	Accept	Against	Branches
Contemplate	Creation	Defend	Dispel
Duty	Enough	Filled	Human
Incomprehensible	Inexplicable	Maggots	Miracle
Mystery	Necessary	Ourselves	Perform
Prostrate	Rejecting	Religion	Soul
Stars	Superstitions	Surround	Tree
Tremendous	Under	Upon	While
Work	Worship

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It is not enough for us to prostrate ourselves under the tree which is Creation, and to contemplate its tremendous branches filled with stars. We have a duty to perform, to work upon the human soul, to defend the mystery against the miracle, to worship the incomprehensible while rejecting the absurd; to accept, in the inexplicable, only what is necessary; to dispel the superstitions that surround religion -- to rid God of His Maggots. - Victor Hugo