William Lyon Phelps Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“The happiest people in this world are those who have the most interesting thoughts.”
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“The highest happiness on earth is the happiness of marriage.”
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“If I were running the world I would have it rain only between 2 and 5 a.m. Anyone who was out then ought to get wet.”
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“In the whole story of Jesus Christ, the most important event is the resurrection.”
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“To a man the greatest blessing is individual liberty; to a dog it is the last word in despair.”
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“I divide all readers into two classes: those who read to remember and those who read to forget.”
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“Not doing more than the average is what keeps the average down.”
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“The belief that youth is the happiest time of life is founded on fallacy. The happiest person is the person who thinks the most interesting thoughts, and we grow happier as we grow older.”
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“There is a strange reluctance on the part of most people to admit that they enjoy life.”
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“In a start-up company, you basically throw out all assumptions every three weeks.”
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“One of the secrets of life is to keep our intellectual curiosity acute.”
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“PAINT THE WALLS OF your mind With many beautiful pictures.”
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“The final test of a gentleman is his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.”
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“A cat pours his body on the floor like water. It is restful just to see him.”
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“The fear of life is the favorite disease of the 20th century.”
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“At a certain age some people's minds close up; they live on their intellectual fat.”
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“God speaks to me not through the thunder and the earthquake, nor through the ocean and the stars, but through the Son of Man, and speaks in a language adapted to my imperfect sight and hearing.”
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“Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good plays, good company, good conversation - what are they? They are the happiest people in the world.”
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“If at first you don't succeed, find out if the loser gets anything.”
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“A student never forgets an encouraging private word, when it is given with sincere respect and admiration.”
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“A well-ordered life is like climbing a tower; the view halfway up is better than the view from the base, and it steadily becomes finer as the horizon expands.”
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“A middle-aged cat will often play as unreservedly as a kitten, though he knows perfectly well it is only a game.”
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“One appreciates that daily life is really good when one wakes from a horrible dream, or when one takes the first outing after a sickness. Why not realize it now?”
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“My religious faith remains in possession of the field only after prolonged civil war with my naturally skeptical mind.”
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“You can be deprived of your money, your job and your home by someone else, but remember that no one can ever take away your honor.”
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“A bibliophile of little means is likely to suffer often. Books don't slip from his hands but fly past him through the air, high as birds, high as prices.”
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“I do not know how wicked American millionaires are, but as I travel about and see the results of their generosity in the form of hospitals, churches, public libraries, universities, parks, recreation grounds, art museums and theatres I wonder what on earth we should do without them.”
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“How essential it is in youth to acquire some intellectual or artistic tastes, in order to furnish the mind, to be able to live inside a mind with attractive and interesting pictures on the walls.”
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“Marriage is a fine and sacred thing if you make it so.”
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“Honesty is not necessarily the best policy. The best policy would be to acquire a reputation for honesty and then to cheat at the psychological moment.”
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