Quote by Victor Hugo
Intellectual and moral growth is no less indispensable than material improvement. Knowledge is a viaticum. Though is a prime necessity; truth is nourishment, like wheat. A reasoning faculty, deprived of knowledge and wisdom, pines away. We should feel the same pity for minds that do not eat as for stomachs. If there be anything sadder than a body perishing for want of bread, it is a mind dying of hunger for lack of light. All progress tends toward the solution. Some day, people will be amazed. As the human race ascends, the deepest layers will naturally emerge from the zone of distress. The effacement of wretchedness will be effected by a simple elevation level.
Summary
The quote emphasizes the importance of both intellectual and moral growth, highlighting their equivalence to material improvement. It asserts that knowledge is vital and compares it to sustenance, stating that without it, the reasoning faculty diminishes. The quote calls for empathy towards minds that lack nourishment as one would feel for famished stomachs. It suggests that the progress of humanity will ultimately lead to the eradication of suffering, transforming society into a state where the deepest layers of distress will be uplifted to higher, happier levels.
By Victor Hugo
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