It is not from reason that justice springs, but goodness is born of wisdom. – Maurice Maeterlinck
Many a happiness in life, as many a disaster, can be due to chance, but the peace within us can never be governed by chance. – Maurice Maeterlinck
Happiness is rarely absent it is we that know not of its presence. – Maurice Maeterlinck
Remember that happiness is as contagious as gloom. It should be the first duty of those who are happy to let others know of their gladness. – Maurice Maeterlinck
An act of goodness is of itself an act of happiness. No reward coming after the event can compare with the sweet reward that went with it. – Maurice Maeterlinck
We possess only the happiness we are able to understand. – Maurice Maeterlinck
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
At every crossroads on the path that leads to the future, tradition has placed 10,000 men to guard the past. – Maurice Maeterlinck
I have never for one instant seen clearly within myself. How then would you have me judge the deeds of others? – Maurice Maeterlinck
In the world which we know, among the different and primitive geniuses that preside over the evolution of the several species, there exists not one, excepting that of the dog, that ever gave a thought to the presence of man. – Maurice Maeterlinck
All our knowledge merely helps us to die a more painful death than animals that know nothing. – Maurice Maeterlinck
If the bee disappeared off the face of the earth, man would only have four years left to live. – Maurice Maeterlinck
Can we conceive what humanity would be if it did not know the flowers? – Maurice Maeterlinck
