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Maurice Maeterlinck, born on August 29, 1862, and died on May 6, 1949, was a renowned Belgian playwright, poet, and essayist. He is best known for his symbolism and symbolic drama, which deeply explored themes such as life, death, religion, and the universe. Maeterlinck's works have had a profound impact on 20th-century literature.

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Famous Maurice Maeterlinck Quotes

“Should we not invariably act in this life as though the God whom our heart desires with its highest desire were watching our every action?”

Life Heart God Desire Watching

Book:Wisdom and Destiny

Source: Wisdom and Destiny

“We all live in the sublime. Where else can we live? That is the only place of life.”

Life Living Sublime

Book:The Treasure of the Humble

Source: The Treasure of the Humble

“We all live in the sublime. Where else can we live? That is the only place of life. … All that happens to us is divinely great, and we are always in the centre of a great world. But we must accustom ourselves to live like an angel who has just sprung to life, like a woman who loves, or a man on the point of death. If you knew that you were going to die to-night, or merely that you would have to go away and never return, would you, looking upon men and things for the last time, see them in the same light that you have hitherto seen them? Would you not love as you never yet have loved?”

World Love Life Death Living Sublime Divinely Great

Book:The Treasure of the Humble

Source: The Treasure of the Humble

“Our real life is not the life we live, and we feel that our deepest, nay, our most intimate thoughts are quite apart from ourselves, for we are other than our thoughts and our dreams. And it is only at special moments – it may be by merest accident – that we live our own life. Will the day ever dawn when we shall be what we are? …”

Life Dreams Living Thoughts

Book:The Treasure of the Humble

Source: The Treasure of the Humble

“Je ne sais pas ce que je dis... Je ne sais pas ce que je sais... Je ne dit plus ce que je veux...”

Life Self Knowledge

Book:Pelleas And Melisande

Source: Pelleas And Melisande

“… signs of a life that we cannot explain are everywhere, vibrating by the side of the life of every day.”

Life Signs Vibration Unexplained

Book:The Treasure of the Humble

Source: The Treasure of the Humble

“Each man has to seek out his own special aptitude for a higher life in the midst of the humble and inevitable reality of daily existence. Than this, there can be no nobler aim in life.”

Men Life Reality Existence Special Talent Higher Aim Humble Inevitable Midst Aptitude

Book:The Blue Bird ; And, The Betrothal

Source: The Blue Bird ; And, The Betrothal

“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.”

Life Inspirational Happiness Events Sweet Goodness Rewards Happy Compare Fabulous Joy And Happiness Joy Happiness Sharing Happiness

Book:Wisdom and Destiny: Works of Maeterlinck

Source: Wisdom and Destiny: Works of Maeterlinck

“At every crossroad on the way that leads to the future, each progressive spirit is opposed by a thousand men appointed to guard the past.”

Men Way Life Inspirational Past Spirit Fear Future Thousand Progressive

Author:Maurice Maeterlinck

About the Author

Born: August 29, 1862
Died: May 6, 1949
Known for: Playwright
Quotes: 122

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