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«The happiest people are those who think the most interesting thoughts. Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good company, good conversation, are the happiest people in the world. And they are not only happy in themselves, they are the cause of happiness in others.»
Author: William Lyon Phelps
(Educator, Journalist, Professor)
| Keywords:
at leisure, Best interests, books, Books not, cause, company, conversation, decide, development, happiest, interesting, leisure, mental, mental picture, My picture, not only, pictured, pictures, picture book, Picture It, picturing
«If you develop the absolute sense of certainty that powerful beliefs provide, then you can get yourself to accomplish virtually anything, including those things that other people are certain are impossible.»
Author: William Lyon Phelps
(Educator, Journalist, Professor)
| About:
Achievement,
Belief
| Keywords:
absolute, certainty, including, provide, The Absolute, virtually
«A cat pours his body on the floor like water. It is restful just to see him.»
Author: William Lyon Phelps
(Educator, Journalist, Professor)
| Keywords:
body, body of water, CAT, floor, pours, restful
«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.»
«This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him»
Author: William Lyon Phelps
(Educator, Journalist, Professor)
| About:
Respect,
Tolerance
| Keywords:
gentleman
«Whenever it is possible, a boy should choose some occupation which he should do even if he did not need the money.»
Author: William Lyon Phelps
(Educator, Journalist, Professor)
| Keywords:
occupation| Occasions:
Graduation
«You can learn more about human nature by reading the Bible than by living in New York.»
Author: William Lyon Phelps
(Educator, Journalist, Professor)
| Keywords:
Human nature, New York, York
«The fear of life is the favorite disease of the twentieth century»
Author: William Lyon Phelps
(Educator, Journalist, Professor)
| Keywords:
century, favorite, The Fear, twentieth, twentieths, twentieth century
«One of the secrets of life is to keep our intellectual curiosity acute»
Author: William Lyon Phelps
(Educator, Journalist, Professor)
| Keywords:
acute, curiosity, intellectual, secrets, Secrets of
«I divide all readers into two classes: Those who read to remember and those who read to forget»
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