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PAINT THE WALLS OF your mind With many beautiful pictures.
William Lyon Phelps
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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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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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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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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. It is the finest insurance against old age, against the growth of physical disability, of the lack and loss of animal delights.
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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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Two persons who love each other are in a place more holy than the interior of a church.
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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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My religious faith remains in possession of the field only after prolonged civil war with my naturally skeptical mind.
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In the whole story of Jesus Christ, the most important event is the resurrection.
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Never try to outsmart a woman, unless you are another woman.
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The principle of happiness should be like the principle of virtue: it should not be dependent of things, but be a part of personality [and character].
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Being educated means to prefer the best not only to the worst but to the second best.
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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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Real happiness is not dependent on external things.
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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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One of the secrets of life is to keep our intellectual curiosity acute.
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The fear of life is the favorite disease of the 20th century.
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