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Jacques Maritain
French
Philosopher
About the author
Poetry proceeds from the totality of man, sense, imagination, intellect, love, desire, instinct, blood and spirit together.
Jacques Maritain,
French
Philosopher
#Love
#Man
#Imagination
#Spirit
#Sense
#Instinct
#Desire
#Poetry
#Intellect
#Blood
A man of courage flees forward, in the midst of new things.
Jacques Maritain,
French
Philosopher
#Man
#Courage
A single idea, if it is right, saves us the labor of an infinity of experiences.
Jacques Maritain,
French
Philosopher
#Right
#Idea
#Labor
#Infinity
Americans seem sometimes to believe that if you are a thinker you must be a frowning bore, because thinking is so damn serious.
Jacques Maritain,
French
Philosopher
#Thinking
#Americans
Christianity taught men that love is worth more than intelligence.
Jacques Maritain,
French
Philosopher
#Love
#Christianity
#Men
#Worth
#Intelligence
Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.
Jacques Maritain,
French
Philosopher
#Gratitude
#Courtesy
The great and admirable strength of America consists in this, that America is truly the American people.
Jacques Maritain,
French
Philosopher
#People
#Strength
#American
#America
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,
French
Philosopher
#Will
#First
#America
#Sea
#Ocean
We don't love qualities; we love a person; sometimes by reason of their defects as well as their qualities.
Jacques Maritain,
French
Philosopher
#Love
#Reason
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,
French
Philosopher
#Sleep