Thornton Wilder's Quotes
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.
Thornton WilderThe more decisions that you are forced to make alone, the more you are aware of your freedom to choose.
Thornton WilderLove is an energy which exists of itself. It is its own value.
Thornton WilderMarriage is a bribe to make the housekeeper think she's a householder.
Thornton WilderMy advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate.
Thornton WilderSeek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day.
Thornton WilderBut 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.
Thornton WilderMany who have spent a lifetime in it can tell us less of love than the child that lost a dog yesterday.
Thornton WilderHope, like faith, is nothing if it is not courageous; it is nothing if it is not ridiculous.
Thornton WilderWhen 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.
Thornton Wilder