Quotes by : Josef Pieper

The delight we take in our senses is an implicit desire to know the ultimate reason for things, the highest....

The restoration of man’s inner eyes can hardly be expected in this day and age — unless, first of....

No one can obtain felicity by pursuit. This explains why one of the elements of being happy is the feeling....

The vacancy left by absence of worship is filled by mere killing of time and by boredom, which is directly....

The ultimate meaning of the active life is to make possible the happiness of contemplation.

... each gratification points to the ultimate one, and that all happiness has some connection with eternal....

Happiness,... even the smallest happiness, is like a step out of Time, and the greatest happiness is....

It is possible to pray in such a way that one does not transcend the world, in such a way that the divine....

Divine worship means the same thing where time is concerned, as the temple where space is concerned.....

Repose, leisure, peace, belong among the elements of happiness. If we have not escaped from harried rush,....