Atonement Quote by Josef Pieper

“Earthly contemplation means to the Christian, we have said, this above all: that behind all that we directly encounter the Face of the incarnate…

— Josef Pieper

Happiness, then, is co-extensive with contemplation, and the more people contemplate, the happier they are; not incidentally, but in virtue of their contemplation, because…

— Aristotle

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

— Josef Pieper

Just as we believe by faith that the greatest happiness of the next life consists simply in the contemplation of this divine majesty, likewise…

— Rene Descartes

Happiness is not the denial of sorrow but the understanding of sorrow.

— Anonymous

Happiness is not a brilliant climax to years of grim struggle and anxiety. It is a long succession of little decisions simply to be…

— Anonymous

Happiness lies in virtuous activity, and perfect happiness lies in the best activity, which is contemplative

— Aristotle

True happiness does not consist in the pleasures of this world, or in earthly things, but in peace of conscience, which we only have…

— Anonymous

That sorrow which is the harbinger of joy is preferable to the joy which is followed by sorrow.

— Anonymous

Happiness is best achieved when you have gone through tragedy and sorrow.

— Anonymous

True happiness is...to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.

— Anonymous

Happiness is so nonsynonymous with joy or pleasure that it is not infrequently sought and felt in grief and deprivation.

— Wilhelm von Humboldt