“It is well to believe that there needs but a little more thought, a little more courage, more love, more devotion to life, a little more eagerness, one day to fling open wide the portals of joy and of truth.” — Maurice Maeterlinck Copy Share Image
He who sees without loving is only straining his eyes in the darkness. — Maurice Maeterlinck Copy Share
We are never the same with others as when we are alone. We are different, even when we are in the dark with them. — Maurice Maeterlinck Copy Share
“Should we not invariably act in this life as though the God whom our heart desires with its highest desire were watching our every… — Maurice Maeterlinck Copy Share
“At every crossway on the road that leads to the future, each progressive spirit is opposed by a thousand men appointed to guard the… — Maurice Maeterlinck Copy Share
“Our lives must be spent seeking our God, for God hides; but His artifices, once they be known, seem so simple and smiling! From… — Maurice Maeterlinck Copy Share
“The angels that dry our eyes bear the form and the features of all we have said and thought—above all, of what we have… — Maurice Maeterlinck Copy Share
What man is there that does not laboriously, though all unconsciously, himself fashion the sorrow that is to be the pivot of his life. — Maurice Maeterlinck Copy Share
“For it is our most secret desire that governs and dominates all. If your eyes look for nothing but evil, you will always see… — Maurice Maeterlinck Copy Share
It is not from reason that justice springs, but goodness is born of wisdom. — Maurice Maeterlinck Copy Share
At every crossroads on the path that leads to the future, tradition has placed 10,000 men to guard the past. — Maurice Maeterlinck Copy Share
“Niemand is waarlijk mijn vriend, voordat we geleerd hebben in elkanders tegenwoordigheid te zwijgen.” — Maurice Maeterlinck Copy Share
