Thornton Wilder Quotes

Pride, avarice, and envy are in every home.... -Thornton Wilder

Pride, avarice, and envy are in every home.

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This quote suggests that negative traits such as pride, greed, and envy can be found in every household, indicating that these vices are not limited to specific individuals but are universal human tendencies. It highlights the presence of these negative qualities within the dynamics of family and home life, calling attention to the need for self-awareness and reflection.

Nature reserves the right to inflict upon her chil... -Thornton Wilder

Nature reserves the right to inflict upon her children the most terrifying jests.

The best thing about animals is that they don't ta... -Thornton Wilder

The best thing about animals is that they don't talk much.

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This quote humorously points out the simplicity and authenticity of animals, contrasting them with the complexities of human communication. It implies that animals express themselves genuinely without the need for elaborate language. It reflects on the appeal of simplicity and straightforwardness in communication.

The more decisions that you are forced to make alone, the more you are aware of your freedom to choose.

The future author is one who discovers that language, the exploration and manipulation of the resources of language, will serve him in winning through to his way.

Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing grea... -Thornton Wilder

Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day.

Hope, like faith, is nothing if it is not courageo... -Thornton Wilder

Hope, like faith, is nothing if it is not courageous; it is nothing if it is not ridiculous.

Providence has nothing good or high in store for one who does not resolutely aim at something high or good. A purpose is the eternal condition of success.

I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being.

My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate.

Love is an energy which exists of itself. It is it... -Thornton Wilder

Love is an energy which exists of itself. It is its own value.

It is very necessary to have markers of beauty left in a world seemingly bent on making the most evil ugliness.

Many who have spent a lifetime in it can tell us less of love than the child that lost a dog yesterday.

We do not choose the day of our birth nor may we choose the day of our death, yet choice is the sovereign faculty of the mind.

I know that every good and excellent thing in the world stands moment by moment on the razor-edge of danger and must be fought for.

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.

When you're safe at home you wish you were having an adventure; when you're having an adventure you wish you were safe at home.

But there comes a moment in everybody's life when he must decide whether he'll live among the human beings or not - a fool among fools or a fool alone.

Marriage is a bribe to make the housekeeper think ... -Thornton Wilder

Marriage is a bribe to make the housekeeper think she's a householder.

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