Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy. Jacques Maritain
Poetry proceeds from the totality of man, sense, imagination, intellect, love, desire, instinct, blood and spirit together. Jacques Maritain
Authority and power are two different things: power is the force by means of which you can oblige others to obey you. Authority is the right to direct and command, to be listened to or obeyed by others. Authority requests power. Power without authority is tyranny. Jacques Maritain
We don’t love qualities, we love persons; sometimes by reason of their defects as well as of their qualities. Jacques Maritain
A single idea, if it is right, saves us the labor of an infinity of experiences. Jacques Maritain
Christianity taught men that love is worth more than intelligence. Jacques Maritain
The great and admirable strength of America consists in this, that America is truly the American people. Jacques Maritain
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