A bibliophile of little means is likely to suffer often. Books don’t slip from his hands but fly past him through the air, high as birds, high as prices. William Lyon Phelps Read Quote
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. William Lyon Phelps Read Quote
Nature makes boys and girls lovely to look upon so they can be tolerated until they acquire some sense. William Lyon Phelps Read Quote
One of the secrets of life is to keep our intellectual curiosity acute. William Lyon Phelps Read Quote
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 Read Quote
The belief that youth is the happiest time of life is founded on a fallacy. The happiest person is the person who thinks the most interesting thoughts, and we grow happier as we grow older. William Lyon Phelps Read Quote
The happiest people in this world are those who have the most interesting thoughts. William Lyon Phelps Read Quote
I divide all readers into two classes: those who read to remember and those who read to forget. William Lyon Phelps Read Quote
