Death has come and atoned for all. I have.... : Quote by Maurice Maeterlinck

“ Death has come and atoned for all. I have no grievance against the soul of the man before me. Instinctively do I recognise that it soars high above the gravest faults and the cruellest wrongs (and how admirable and full of significance is this instinct!). If there linger still a regret within me, it is not that I am unable to inflict suffering in my turn, but it is perhaps that my love was not great enough and that my forgiveness has come too late. … ”

Maurice Maeterlinck
  • From : The Treasure of the humble
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