Justice is the very last thing of all wherewith the universe concerns itself. It is equilibrium that absorbs its attention. Maurice Maeterlinck More Quotes by Maurice Maeterlinck More Quotes From Maurice Maeterlinck And on this earth of ours there are but few souls that can withstand the dominion of the soul that has suffered itself to become beautiful. Maurice Maeterlinck soul earth beautiful I knew that if I was captured by the Germans I would be shot at once, since I have always been counted as an enemy of Germany because of my play, 'Le Bourgmestre de Stillemonde,' which dealt with the conditions in Belgium during the German Occupation of 1918. Maurice Maeterlinck germany play enemy The value of ourselves is but the value of our melancholy and our disquiet. Maurice Maeterlinck melancholy misery sadness 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 fashion sorrow men It is only in the space that our thoughts and our feelings enclose that our happiness can breathe in freedom. Maurice Maeterlinck breathing freedom happiness 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. Maurice Maeterlinck dog friendship giving Once at a potent leader's voice I stayed; Once I went back when a good monarch prayed; Mortals, howe'er we grieve, howe'er deplore, The flying shadow will return no more. Maurice Maeterlinck voice leader grieving We should tell ourselves once and for all that it is the first duty of the soul to become as happy, complete, independent, and great as lies in its power. To this end we may sacrifice even the passion for sacrifice, for sacrifice never should be the means of ennoblement, but only the sign of being ennobled. Maurice Maeterlinck passion happiness lying I am moved by the light. Maurice Maeterlinck moved light No great inner event befalls those who summon it not Maurice Maeterlinck events In any event, a truth that disheartens, because it is true, is still of far more value than the most stimulating of falsehoods. Maurice Maeterlinck truth-and-falsehood positive-atheism good-life Physical suffering apart, not a single sorrow exists that can touch us except through our thoughts. Maurice Maeterlinck our-thoughts sorrow suffering Most creatures have a vague belief that a very precarious hazard, a kind of transparent membrane, divides death from love; and that the profound idea of nature demands that the giver of life should die at the moment of giving. Maurice Maeterlinck giving sex ideas Sacrifice may be a flower that virtue will pluck on its road, but it was not to gather this flower that virtue set forth on its travels. Maurice Maeterlinck sacrifice flower may The dog who meets with a good master is the happier of the two. Maurice Maeterlinck masters dog two Is not every action of Hamlet induced by a fanatical impulse, which tells him that duty consists in revenge alone? And dose it need superhuman efforts to recognize that revenge never can be duty? I say again that Hamlet thinks much, but that he is by no means wise. Maurice Maeterlinck revenge wise mean There comes no adventure but wears to our soul the shape of our everyday thoughts. Maurice Maeterlinck everyday soul adventure Every progressive spirit is opposed by a thousand mediocre minds appointed to guard the past. Maurice Maeterlinck We are alone, absolutely alone on this chance planet and, amid all the forms of life that surround us, not one, excepting the dog, has made an alliance with us. Maurice Maeterlinck We possess only the happiness we are able to understand. Maurice Maeterlinck only understand able happiness
