"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."

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Source : Maurice Maeterlinck (2015). “Wisdom and Destiny: Works of Maeterlinck”, p.77, 谷月社

Maurice Maeterlinck

#Inspirational Quotes #Life Quotes #Happiness Quotes

“The personal things should be left out of, in my opinion, out of platforms and conventions.”
“I've worked all my life to shed myself of any character.”
“In the dog two conditions were found to produce pathological disturbances by functional interference, namely, an unusually acute clashing of the excitatory and inhibitory processes, and the influence of strong and extraordinary stimuli. In man precisely similar conditions constitute the usual causes of nervous and psychic disturbances. Different conditions productive of extreme excitation, such as intense grief or bitter insults, often lead, when the natural reactions are inhibited by the necessary restraint, to profound and prolonged loss of balance in nervous and psychic activity.”
“I'm living with every step. I can't live with regret. The past is the past. I'm not worried about it. I can't change it. I can't fix it. It is what it is. I'm just living.”
“We Shan't Save All We Would Like To, But We Shall Save A Great Deal More Than If We Had Never Tried.”
“Some critics claim to know what art has to be and do, and consider it their task to steer art along the path they have chosen. Others receive art gladly, and try to distinguish degrees of excellence...”
“Love is not as important as good health. You cannot be in love if you're not healthy. You can't appreciate it.”
“There are those whose sole claim to profundity is the discovery of exceptions to the rules.”

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