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
I have never for one instant seen clearly within myself. How then would you have me judge the deeds of others? – Maurice Maeterlinck
If the bee disappeared off the face of the earth, man would only have four years left to live. – 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
The victory of Christianity over paganism was the greatest psychic revolution in the history of our culture. By destroying pagan animism, Christianity made it possible to exploit nature in a mood of indifference to the feelings of natural objects. – Lynn I. White, Jr., Science, 10 March 1967