William Lyon Phelps
William Lyon Phelps
William Lyon Phelpswas an American author, critic and scholar. He taught the first American university course on the modern novel. He was a well-known speaker who drew large crowds. He had a radio show, wrote a daily syndicated newspaper column, lectured frequently, and published numerous popular books and articles...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEducator
Date of Birth2 January 1865
CountryUnited States of America
William Lyon Phelps quotes about
american-educator ease either freedom happiest happiness individual physical truly
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.
happiness real real-happiness
Real happiness is not dependent on external things.
happiness men thinking
If happiness truly consisted in physical ease and freedom from care the happiest, individual would not be either a man or a woman it; it would be, I think a cow.
happiness character personality
The principle of happiness should be like the principle of virtue: it should not be dependent of things, but be a part of personality [and character].
happiness spring inward
The kind of happiness that stays with you is the happiness that springs from inward thoughts and emotions.
love happiness music
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.
happiness people
Why is it that so many people are afraid to admit they are happy?
happiness attitude book
I divide all readers into two classes: those who read to remember and those who read to forget.
graduation occupation whenever
Whenever it is possible, a boy should choose some occupation which he should do even if he did not need the money.
american-educator
If I didn't start painting, I would have raised chickens.
admit american-educator people reluctance
There is a strange reluctance on the part of most people to admit they enjoy life.
american-educator belief founded grow happier happiest life thinks time
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.
american-educator ought running
If I were running the world I would have it rain only between 2 and 5 a.m. Anyone who was out then ought to get wet.
heart happy-life interesting
Life, with all it's sorrows, cares, perplexities and heart-breaks, is more interesting than bovine placidity, hence more desirable. The more interesting it is, the happier it is.