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| Thornton Wilder
A sense of humor judges one's actions and the actions of others from a wider reference and a longer view and finds them incongruous. It dampens enthusiasm; it mocks hope; it pardons shortcomings; it consoles failure. It recommends moderation. An incinerator is a writer's best friend. Hope, like faith, is nothing if it is not courageous; it is nothing if it is not ridiculous. If I wasn't an actor, I'd be a secret agent. It is only in appearance that time is a river. It is rather a vast landscape and it is the eye of the beholder that moves. It is very necessary to have markers of beauty left in a world seemingly bent on making the most evil ugliness. Man is not an end but a beginning. We are at the beginning of the second week. We are children of the eighth day. Many who have spent a lifetime in it can tell us less of love than the child that lost a dog yesterday. Marriage is a bribe to make the housekeeper think she's a householder. My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate--that's my philosophy.The planting of trees is the least self-centered of all that we do. It is a purer act of faith than the procreation of children. There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only survival, the only meaning. We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures. 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. |
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