Maurice Maeterlinck Happiness Quotations

We possess only the happiness we are able to understand.

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.

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.

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.

We possess only the happiness we able to understand.

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

We should tell ourselves once and for all that it is the first duty of the soul to become as happy, complete, independent, and great as lies in its power. To this end we may sacrifice even the passion for sacrifice, for sacrifice never should be the means of ennoblement, but only the sign of being ennobled.

It is only in the space that our thoughts and our feelings enclose that our happiness can breathe in freedom.