Only the silent hear and those who do not remain silent do not hear.
Being precedes Truth, and ... Truth precedes the Good. - Josef Pieper
Being precedes Truth, and ... Truth precedes the Good.
- Josef Pieper
The happy man needs nothing and no one. Not that he holds himself aloof, for indeed he is in harmony with everything and everyone; everything is "in … - Josef Pieper
The happy man needs nothing and no one. Not that he holds himself aloof, for indeed he is in harmony with everything and everyone; everything is "in …
Unchaste abandon and the self-surrender of the soul to the world of sensuality paralyzes the primordial powers of the moral person: the ability to pe… - Josef Pieper
Unchaste abandon and the self-surrender of the soul to the world of sensuality paralyzes the primordial powers of the moral person: the ability to pe…
What distinguishes - in both senses of that word - contemplation is rather this: it is a knowing which is inspired by love. "Without love there would… - Josef Pieper
What distinguishes - in both senses of that word - contemplation is rather this: it is a knowing which is inspired by love. "Without love there would…
Only the silent hear and those who do not remain silent do not hear. - Josef Pieper
Leisure is only possible when we are at one with ourselves. We tend to overwork as a means of self-escape, as a way of trying to justify our existenc… - Josef Pieper
Leisure is only possible when we are at one with ourselves. We tend to overwork as a means of self-escape, as a way of trying to justify our existenc…
Unless we regain the art of silence and insight, the ability for nonactivity, unless we substitute true leisure for our hectic amusements, we will de… - Josef Pieper
Unless we regain the art of silence and insight, the ability for nonactivity, unless we substitute true leisure for our hectic amusements, we will de…
Wonder is defined by Thomas [Aquinas] in the Summa Theologiae [I-II, Q. 32, a. 8], as the desiderium sciendi, the desire for knowledge, active longin… - Josef Pieper
Wonder is defined by Thomas [Aquinas] in the Summa Theologiae [I-II, Q. 32, a. 8], as the desiderium sciendi, the desire for knowledge, active longin…
Of course the world of work begins to become - threatens to become - our only world, to the exclusion of all else. The demands of the working world g… - Josef Pieper
Of course the world of work begins to become - threatens to become - our only world, to the exclusion of all else. The demands of the working world g…
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