"Do we not all spend the greater part of our lives under the shadow of an event that has not yet come to pass?."

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Source : Maurice Maeterlinck (2015). “The Treasure of the Humble: Works of Maeterlinck”, p.17, 谷月社

Maurice Maeterlinck

#Worry Quotes #Shadow Quotes #Events Quotes

“You need three things to become a successful novelist: talent, luck and discipline. Discipline is the one element of those three things that you can control, and so that is the one that you have to focus on controlling, and you just have to hope and trust in the other two.”
“The love of economy is the root of all virtue.”
“Beware of greed and remain pure and just. Restrain yourself from every vice. He who cannot restrain himself, how will he be able to teach others restraint?”
“If leaders in the space program had at its beginning in the 1940s, pointed out the benefits to people on earth rather than emphasizing the search for proof of evolution in space, the program would have saved $100 billion in tax money and achieved greater results.”
“Good humor is one of the preservatives of our peace and tranquility.”
“I'm amazed that things have panned out the way they have. I always say I'm so lucky, though my mum always says, 'You make your own luck.'”
“The first complete sentence out of my mouth was probably that line about consistency being the hobgoblin of small minds.”
“At home, when the heating pipes made noises, I imagined a tiny person was in there skipping with a rope. The fantasy world of tiny things became my escape.”

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