Josef Pieper, Happiness And Contemplation Quotes
... the greatest menace to our capacity for contemplation is the incessant fabrication of tawdry empty stimuli which kill the receptivity of the soul.
The "supreme good" and its attainment -- that is happiness. And joy is: response to happiness.
The ultimate meaning of the active life is to make possible the happiness of contemplation.
Happiness, ... even the smallest happiness, is like a step out of Time, and the greatest happiness is sharing in Eternity.