Maurice Maeterlinck

“If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe, then man would only have four years of life left.”

“The future is a world limited by ourselves; in it we discover only what concerns us and, sometimes, by chance, what interests those whom we love the most.”

“The bee is more honored than other animals, not because she labors, but because she labors for others.”

“All our knowledge is but the knowledge of our ignorance.”

“Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together.”

“We are never so much disposed to quarrel with others as when we are dissatisfied with ourselves.”

“There is a beauty that penetrates the soul, and is not forgotten.”

“Our reason is the agitated waves of the sea, our instinct is the abyss of the ocean.”

“At every crossroads on the path that leads to the future, tradition has placed 10,000 men to guard the past.”

“An act of goodness is of itself an act of happiness.”

“As soon as we have uttered a word, we have given it a power which it is no longer in our power to control.”

“Let us be silent that we may hear the whispers of the gods.”

“To every man there is a secret region in his soul into which he will not let his best friend enter.”

“One can never be unhappy for long unless one wants to be.”