"Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day." ― Thornton Wilder Topic(s): Happiness Tags: lofty, reading More From Thornton Wilder "Nature reserves the right to inflict upon her children the most terrifying jests." "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." "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." More In Happiness "Happiness consists in activity. It is running steam, not a stagnant pool."― John Mason Good "Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product."― Eleanor Roosevelt "So I started chanting when I was nineteen, which was about twelve years ago, and it really had a huge impact on my outlook, happiness, and general creativity."― Duncan Sheik