Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian essayist, playwright and poet

“Above all, let us never forget that an act of goodness is of itself always an act of happiness. It is the flower of a long inner life of joy and contentment; it tells of peaceful hours and days on the sunniest height of our soul. No reward coming after the event can compare with the sweet reward that went with it.” (from “Wisdom and Destiny,” 1898)

Aug. 29, 1862-May 6, 1949