All William Lyon Phelps Quotes
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.
William Lyon Phelps
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If happiness truly consisted in physical ease and freedom from care, then the happiest individual would not be either a man or a woman; it would be, I think, an American cow.
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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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Whenever it is possible, a boy should choose some occupation which he should do even if he did not need the money.
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There is a strange reluctance on the part of most people to admit they enjoy life.
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This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.
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If at first you don't succeed, find out if the loser gets anything.
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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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The fear of life is the favorite disease of the 20th century.
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Life
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