One of the secrets of life is to keep our intellectual curiosity acute.
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A student never forgets an encouraging private word, when it is given with sincere respect and admiration.William Lyon Phelps
I thoroughly believe in a university education for both men and women, but I believe a knowledge of the Bible without a college course is more valuable than a college course without the Bible.
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
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
The happiest people in this world are those who have the most interesting thoughts.
William Lyon Phelps
You can be deprived of your money, your job and your home by someone else, but remember that no one can ever take away your honor.
William Lyon Phelps
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