Quotes From:  William Lyon Phelps

William Lyon Phelps ⇒

The fear of life is the favorite disease of the 20th century.

William Lyon Phelps ⇒

At a certain age some people’s minds close up; they live on their intellectual fat.

William Lyon Phelps ⇒

There is a strange reluctance on the part of most people to admit that they enjoy life.

William Lyon Phelps ⇒

I divide all readers into two classes; those who read to remember and those who read to forget.

William Lyon Phelps ⇒

The highest happiness on earth is marriage.

William Lyon Phelps ⇒

A cat pours his body on the floor like water. It is restful just to see him.

William Lyon Phelps ⇒

A student never forgets an encouraging private word, when it is given with sincere respect and admiration.

William Lyon Phelps ⇒

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.

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.

William Lyon Phelps ⇒

I divide all readers into two classes: those who read to remember and those who read to forget.