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Jacques Maritain Quotes

A single idea, if it is right, saves us the labor of an infinity of experiences.
Jacques Maritain

Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.
Jacques Maritain

I don't see America as a mainland, but as a sea, a big ocean. Sometimes a storm arises, a formidable current develops, and it seems it will engulf everything. Wait a moment, another current will appear and bring the first one to naught.
Jacques Maritain

Poetry proceeds from the totality of man, sense, imagination, intellect, love, desire, instinct, blood and spirit together.
Jacques Maritain

The poet knows himself only on the condition that things resound in him, and that in him, at a single awakening, they and he come forth together out of sleep.
Jacques Maritain

We don't love qualities; we love a person; sometimes by reason of their defects as well as their qualities.
Jacques Maritain

Type:
Philosopher
Date of Birth:
1882-11-18
Year of Death:
1973
Nationality:
French