Thornton Wilder 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 Wilder

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

Thornton Wilder

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

Thornton Wilder

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.

Thornton Wilder

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

Thornton Wilder

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

Thornton Wilder

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

Thornton Wilder

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

Thornton Wilder

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

Thornton Wilder