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Thornton Wilder Quotes

Thornton Wilder quotes

American Novelist, Writer April 17, 1897 – December 7, 1975

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Let us at least say of religion that it means that every part of the body is infused with mind, not that the mind is overwhelmed and drowned in body. For the principal attribute of the Gods, without or within us, is mind. Thornton Wilder
The test of an adventure is that when you're in the middle of it, you say to yourself "Oh now I've got myself into an awful mess; I wish I were sitting quietly at home. And the sign that something's wrong with you is when you sit quietly at home wishing you were out having lots of adventure. Thornton Wilder
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. Thornton Wilder
Thornton Wilder quote: "Even speech was for them was a debased form of silence; how..."
Even speech was for them was a debased form of silence; how much more futile is poetry which is a debased form of speech. Thornton Wilder
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. Thornton Wilder
She did not suspect that the Abbess was even there hovering about the house, herself estimating the stresses and watching for the moment when a burden harms and not strengthens. Thornton Wilder
The theatre is supremely fitted to say: 'Behold! These things are.' Yet most dramatists employ it to say: 'This moral truth can be learned from beholding this action.' Thornton Wilder
Thornton Wilder quote: "The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude."
The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude. Thornton Wilder
Thornton Wilder quote: "An American is insubmissive, lonely, self-educated, and polite."
An American is insubmissive, lonely, self-educated, and polite. Thornton Wilder
Thornton Wilder quote: "It is only dogs that never bite their masters."
It is only dogs that never bite their masters. Thornton Wilder
Thornton Wilder quote: "Those who are silent, self-effacing and attentive become the..."
Those who are silent, self-effacing and attentive become the recipients of confidences. Thornton Wilder
Thornton Wilder quote: "Ninety-nine per cent of the people in the world are fools and..."
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
Thornton Wilder quote: "Pride, avarice, and envy are in every home."
Pride, avarice, and envy are in every home. Thornton Wilder
Thornton Wilder quote: "Man is not an end but a beginning. We are at the beginning of..."
Man is not an end but a beginning. We are at the beginning of the second week. We are children of the eighth day. Thornton Wilder
Thornton Wilder quote: "There is no drunkenness equal to that of remembering whispered..."
There is no drunkenness equal to that of remembering whispered words in the night. Thornton Wilder

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