Maurice Maeterlinck

They believe that nothing will happen because they have closed their doors.

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.

To be happy is only to have freed one's soul from the unrest of unhappiness.

There are too many accidents that can befall life on a single planet.

Being famous gets me good concert tickets, good tables in restaurants, good seats at sporting events and that's really about it.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.