Maurice Maeterlinck Quote

To be good we must needs have suffered; but perhaps it is necessary to have caused suffering before we can become better.


The Inner Beauty (ed. 1910)


To be good we must needs have suffered; but perhaps it is necessary to have caused suffering before we can become better.

To be good we must needs have suffered; but perhaps it is necessary to have caused suffering before we can become better.

To be good we must needs have suffered; but perhaps it is necessary to have caused suffering before we can become better.

To be good we must needs have suffered; but perhaps it is necessary to have caused suffering before we can become better.