Maurice Maeterlinck Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Maurice Maeterlinck quotes, Maurice Maeterlinck sayings, and Maurice Maeterlinck proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

When we lose one we love, our bitterest tears are called forth by the memory of hours when we loved not enough. Maurice Maeterlinck
When we lose someoe we love, our bitterest tears are called forth by the memory of hours when we loved not enough. 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
An obstacle is not a discouragement. It may become one, but only with our own consent. So long as we refuse to be discouraged, we cannot be discouraged. Maurice Maeterlinck
Our reason may prove what it will: our reason is only a feeble ray that has issued from Nature. Maurice Maeterlinck
We can be born thus more than once; and each birth brings us a little nearer to our God. Maurice Maeterlinck
Happiness is rarely absent; it is we that know not of its presence. Maurice Maeterlinck
If the bee disappeared off the face of the earth, man would only have four years left to live. Maurice Maeterlinck
The true sage is not he who sees, but he who, seeing the furthest, has the deepest love for mankind. Maurice Maeterlinck
Nothing in the whole world is so athirst for beauty as the soul, nor is there anything to which beauty clings so readily. Maurice Maeterlinck
Deeds of heroism are but offered to those who, for many long years, have been heroes in obscurity and silence. Maurice Maeterlinck
The last time was Easter morning. The church bells were ringing. Maurice Maeterlinck
When we lose one we love, our bitterest tears are called forth by the memory of hours when we loved not enough. Maurice Maeterlinck
He will be far less exposed to disaster who cherishes ideas within him that soar high above the indifferences, selfishness, vanities of everyday life. And therefore, come happiness or sorrow, the happiest man will be he within whom the greatest idea shall burn the most ardently. Maurice Maeterlinck
Women are never tired of being mothers, and...they would rock death itself if death came to sleep on their knees. Maurice Maeterlinck
We think we have discovered a grotto that is stored with bewildering treasure; we come to the light of day, and the gems we have brought are false--mere pieces of glass--and yet does the treasure shine on, unceasingly, in the darkness. Maurice Maeterlinck