Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.
Jacques Maritain
We don't love qualities; we love a person; sometimes by reason of their defects as well as their qualities.
Jacques Maritain
Christianity taught men that love is worth more than intelligence.
Jacques Maritain
I don't see America as a mainland, but as a sea, a big ocean. Sometimes a storm arises, a formidable current develops, and it seems it will engulf everything. Wait a moment, another current will appear and bring the first one to naught.
Jacques Maritain
The great and admirable strength of America consists in this, that America is truly the American people.