Thornton Wilder

Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it?—every, every minute? ↗

— Thornton Wilder

#life

It is only dogs that never bite their masters. ↗

— Thornton Wilder

#nature

Leadership is for those who love the public good and are endowed and trained to administer it. ↗

— Thornton Wilder

#public-good #leadership

Many who have dedicated their life to love, can tell us less about this subject than a child who lost his dog yesterday. ↗

— Thornton Wilder

#inspirational

Throughout the hours of the night, though there had been few to hear it, the whole sky had been loud with the singing of these constellations. ↗

— Thornton Wilder

#nature #nightsky #stars #beauty

I have inherited this burden of superstition and nonsense. I govern innumerable men but must acknowledge that I am governed by birds and thunderclaps ↗

— Thornton Wilder

#government #men

The marriage is a bribe to make a housekeeper think she is a householder. ↗

— Thornton Wilder

#wife #marriage

The central movement of the mind is the desire for unrestricted liberty and (...) this movement is invariably accompanied by its opposite, a dread of the consequences of liberty. ↗

— Thornton Wilder

#liberty #freedom

An American is insubmissive, lonely, self-educated, and polite. ↗

— Thornton Wilder

#education

The art of biography is more difficult than is generally supposed. ↗

— Thornton Wilder

#difficulty #personality #art