Famous William Lyon Phelps Quotations

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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."
by William Lyon Phelps
"The Gateway to Christianity is not through an intricate labyrinth of dogma, but by a simple belief in the person of Christ."
by William Lyon Phelps
"If happiness truly consisted of 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."
by William Lyon Phelps
"The fear of life is the favorite disease of the twentieth century."
by William Lyon Phelps
"This is the first test of a gentleman his respect for those who can be of no possible value to him."
by William Lyon Phelps
"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."
by William Lyon Phelps
"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."
by William Lyon Phelps
"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."
by William Lyon Phelps
"One of the secrets of life is to keep our intellectual curiosity acute."
by William Lyon Phelps
"I am glad my ancestors arrived on the Mayflower, but I am gladder that there are nine generations between us."
by William Lyon Phelps
"I believe a knowledge of the Bible without a college course is more valuable than a college course without a Bible."
by William Lyon Phelps


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