He who knows does not feel wonder. It could not be said that God experiences wonder, for God knows in the most absolute and perfect way.
Josef PieperThe ultimate meaning of the active life is to make possible the happiness of contemplation.
Josef PieperHappiness,... even the smallest happiness, is like a step out of Time, and the greatest happiness is sharing in Eternity.
Josef PieperIf in this supreme test, in face of which the braggart falls silent and every heroic gesture is paralyzed, a man walks straight up to the cause of his fear and is not deterred from doing that which is good -- which ultimately means for the sake of God, and therefore not from ambition or from fear of being taken for a coward -- this man, and he alone, is truly brave.
Josef Pieper