That is why I think, in defiance of Plato, that there is at once error and vulgarity in saying that poetry is… — Jacques Maritain Copy Share Image
We do not need a truth to serve us, we need a truth that we can serve — Jacques Maritain Copy Share Image
The sole philosophy open to those who doubt the possibility of truth is absolute silence -- even mental. — Jacques Maritain Copy Share Image
Whereas the intelligence of God is both the cause and the measure of the truth of things, things are both the cause… — Jacques Maritain Copy Share Image
The truth of practical intellect is understood not as conformity to an extramental being but as conformity to a right desire; the… — Jacques Maritain Copy Share Image
To redeem creation the saint wages war on the entire fabric of creation, with the bare weapons of truth and love. — Jacques Maritain Copy Share Image
The day when efficacy would prevail over truth will never come for the Church, for then the gates of hell would have… — Jacques Maritain Copy Share Image
With all his sincerity and devotion, the authentic, absolute atheist is after all only an abortive saint, and at the same time,… — Jacques Maritain Copy Share Image
It has never been recommended to confuse "loving" with "seeking to please"... ...Salome pleased Herod's guests; I can hardly believe she was burning with… — Jacques Maritain Copy Share Image
A great philosopher in the wrong is like a beacon on the reefs which says to seamen: steer clear of me. — Jacques Maritain Copy Share Image
I don't see America as a mainland, but as a sea, a big ocean. Sometimes a storm arises, a formidable current develops, and it… — Jacques Maritain Copy Share Image
The light of common sense is fundamentally the same light as that of science, that is to say, the natural light of the intellect.… — Jacques Maritain Copy Share Image
Absolute atheism starts in an act of faith in reverse gear and is a full-blown religious commitment. — Jacques Maritain Copy Share Image
Poetry proceeds from the totality of man, sense, imagination, intellect, love, desire, instinct, blood and spirit together. — Jacques Maritain Copy Share Image
The great and admirable strength of America consists in this, that America is truly the American people. — Jacques Maritain Copy Share Image
That is why I think, in defiance of Plato, that there is at once error and vulgarity in saying that poetry is a lie,… — Jacques Maritain Copy Share Image
The first step to be taken by everyone who wishes to act morally is to decide not to act according to the general customs… — Jacques Maritain Copy Share Image
The only artist who does not deserve respect is the one who works to please the public, for commercial success or for official success. — Jacques Maritain Copy Share Image
