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
At every crossroads on the path that leads to the future, tradition has placed 10,000 men to guard the past.Maurice Maeterlinck
Do we not all spend the greater part of our lives under the shadow of an event that has not yet come to pass?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
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
The future is a world limited by ourselves - in it we discover only what concerns us.Maurice Maeterlinck
There comes no adventure but wears to our soul the shape of our everyday thoughts.Maurice Maeterlinck
You do well to have visions of a better life than of every day, but it is the life of every day from which the elements of a better life must come.Maurice Maeterlinck
