"Because one doesn’t like the way things are is no reason to be unjust towards God." ― Victor Hugo Topic(s): Poetry Tags: because, doesn More From Victor Hugo "To think is of itself to be useful; it is always and in all cases a striving toward God." "Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees." "Civil war? What does that mean? Is there any foreign war? Isn’t every war fought between men, between brothers?" More In Poetry "Every single soul is a poem."― Michael Franti "Poetry is the language we speak in the most terrifying or ecstatic passages of our lives. But the very word poetry scares people. They think of their grade school teachers reciting ‘Hiawatha’ and they groan."― Erica Jong "If I do a poetry reading I want people to walk out and say they feel better for having been there – not because you’ve done a comedy performance but because you’re talking about your father dying or having young children, things that touch your soul."― Roger McGough