Thornton Wilder's Book of Sorrow

Thornton Wilder wrote:

Without your wounds where

would your power be? The

very angels themselves

cannot persuade the

wretched and blundering

children on Earth as can one

human being broken in the 

wheels of living. In love’s

service, only the wounded can serve.

Thornton Wilder's Angels

Thornton Wilder, who wrote the beautiful play, "Our Town" wrote this:

Without your wounds where

would your power be? The

very angels themselves

cannot persuade the

wretched and blundering

children on Earth as can one

human being broken in the

wheels of living. In love’s

service, only the wounded

can serve.