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William Lyon Phelps
Age: 78 †
Born: 1865
Born: January 2
Died: 1943
Died: August 21
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Scientist
University Teacher
New Haven
Connecticut
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Mind
Walls
Pictures
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Herein lies the real value of education. Advanced education may or may not make men and women more efficient but it enriches personality, increases the wealth of the mind, and hence brings happiness.
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I believe a knowledge of the Bible without a college course is more valuable than a college course without a Bible.
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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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Real happiness is not dependent on external things. The pond is fed from within. The kind of happiness that stays with you is the happiness that springs from inward thoughts and emotions. You must cultivate your mind if you wish to achieve enduring happiness.
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In a start-up company, you basically throw out all assumptions every three weeks.
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You can learn more about human nature by reading the Bible than by living in New York.
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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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Life, with all it's sorrows, cares, perplexities and heart-breaks, is more interesting than bovine placidity, hence more desirable. The more interesting it is, the happier it is.
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The kind of happiness that stays with you is the happiness that springs from inward thoughts and emotions.
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Whenever it is in any way possible, every boy and girl should choose as his life work some occupation which he should like to do anyhow, even if he did not need the money.
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Never try to outsmart a woman, unless you are another woman.
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The fear of life is the favorite disease of the 20th century.
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Unlimited power is worse for the average person than unlimited alcohol and the resulting intoxication is more damaging for others. Very few have not deteriorated when given absolute dominion. It is worse for the governor than for the governed.
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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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My religious faith remains in possession of the field only after prolonged civil war with my naturally skeptical mind.
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There is never much trouble in any family where the children hope someday to resemble their parents.
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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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A student never forgets an encouraging private word, when it is given with sincere respect and admiration.
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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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The highest happiness on earth is marriage. Every man who is happily married is a successful man even if he has failed in everything else.
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