Jacques Maritain Quotes

Jacques Maritain — French Philosopher born on November 18, 1882, died on April 28, 1973

Jacques Maritain was a French Catholic philosopher. Raised as a Protestant, he became an agnostic before converting to Catholicism in 1906. An author of more than 60 books, he helped to revive St. Thomas Aquinas for modern times, and was influential in the development and drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Pope Paul VI presented his "Message to Men of Thought and of Science" at the close of Vatican II to Maritain, his long-time friend and mentor. Maritain's interest and works spanned many aspects of philosophy, including aesthetics, political theory, philosophy of science, metaphysics, the nature of education, liturgy and ecclesiology... (wikipedia)

Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.

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

Christianity taught men that love is worth more than intelligence.

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

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 Quotes

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