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William Lyon Phelps has 58 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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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…
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At a certain age some people's minds close up; they live on their intellectual fat.
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The fear of life is the favorite disease of the 20th century.
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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 cat pours his body on the floor like water. It is restful just to see him.
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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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One of the secrets of life is to keep our intellectual curiosity acute.
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The teacher should make a concerted effort never to lose his temper in the presence of the class. If a man, he…
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If happiness truly consisted in physical ease and freedom from care the happiest, individual would not be either a man or a…
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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…
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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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I find daily life not always joyous, but always interesting. I have some sad days and nights, but none that are dull.…
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We must sometimes get away from the Authorized Version, if for no other reason, simply because it is so beautiful and so…
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For this game you need, above all things, to be in a tranquil frame of mind.
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The basic meaning of etiquette is to be quick at both the beginning and end and tranquil in the middle.
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Prayer that runs its course till the last day of life needs a strong and tranquil soul.
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The role of the educator is one of tranquil possession of certitude in regard to the teaching of not only contents but…
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Nature intended me for the tranquil pursuits of science, by rendering them my supreme delight. But the enormities of the times in…
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