"The dog is the only living being that……" — Maurice Maeterlinck
"The dog is the only living being that has found and recognizes an indubitable, tangible and definite god. He knows to whom above him to give himself. He has not to seek for a superior and infinite power."
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66 Quotes by Maurice Maeterlinck
Maurice Maeterlinck has 66 quotes on this site.
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All mothers are rich when they love their children. There are no poor mothers, no ugly ones, no old ones.…
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The living are just the dead on holiday
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It is not from reason that justice springs, but goodness is born of wisdom.
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Can we conceive what humanity would be if it did not know the flowers?
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We possess only the happiness we able to understand.
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The value of ourselves is but the value of our melancholy and our disquiet.
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The souls of all our brethren are ever hovering about us, craving for a caress, and only waiting for the…
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The true sage is not he who sees, but he who, seeing the furthest, has the deepest love for mankind.
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To disdain today is to prove that yesterday has been misunderstood.
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Remember that happiness is as contagious as gloom. It should be the first duty of those who are happy to…
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Many a happiness in life, as many a disaster, can be due to chance, but the peace within us can…
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There comes no adventure but wears to our soul the shape of our everyday thoughts.
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White... is not a mere absence of colour; it is a shining and affirmative thing, as fierce as red, as…
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The time was simply ripe for the disappearance of tonality. Naturally this was a fierce struggle; inhibitions of the most…
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I have never seen a river that I could not love. Moving water... has a fascinating vitality. It has power…
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It is impossible to live the life of a disciple without definite times of secret prayer. You will find that…
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