Nature makes boys and girls lovely to look upon so they can be tolerated until they acquire some sense.
From William Lyon Phelps
This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.
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.
If happiness truly consisted in 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.
There is a strange reluctance on the part of most people to admit they enjoy life.
The final test of a gentleman is his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.
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.
If you develop the absolute sense of certainty that powerful beliefs provide, then you can get yourself to accomplish virtually anything, including those things that other people are certain are impossible.
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.
I divide all readers into two classes: those who read to remember and those who read to forget.
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