We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures. – Thornton Wilder
Ninety-nine per cent of the people in the world are fools and the rest of us are in great danger of contagion. – Thornton Wilder
When God loves a creature he wants the creature to know the highest happiness and the deepest misery He wants him to know all that being alive can bring. That is his best gift. There is no happiness save in understanding the whole. – Thornton Wilder
It is very necessary to have markers of beauty left in a world seemingly bent on making the most evil ugliness. – Thornton Wilder