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.

Quote by William Lyon Phelps

Topics: Famous Love Quotes, Love Quotes

If at first you don't succeed, find out if the loser gets anything.

If at first you don't succeed, find out if the loser gets anything.

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

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

If I were running the world I would have it rain only between 2 and...

If I were running the world I would have it rain only between 2 and...

A well-ordered life is like climbing a tower; the view halfway up is better than...

A well-ordered life is like climbing a tower; the view halfway up is better than...

God speaks to me not through the thunder and the earthquake, nor through the ocean...

God speaks to me not through the thunder and the earthquake, nor through the ocean...

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

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

If I didn't start painting, I would have raised chickens.

If I didn't start painting, I would have raised chickens.

The happiest people in this world are those who have the most interesting thoughts

The happiest people in this world are those who have the most interesting thoughts

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If happiness truly consisted in physical ease and freedom from care, then the happiest individual...

The belief that youth is the happiest time of life is founded on a fallacy....

The belief that youth is the happiest time of life is founded on a fallacy....

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You can be deprived of your money, your job and your home by someone else,...

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You can learn more about human nature by reading the Bible than by living in...

One of the secrets of life is to keep our intellectual curiosity acute.

One of the secrets of life is to keep our intellectual curiosity acute.

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Whenever it is possible, a boy should choose some occupation which he should do even...

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

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

The happiest people in this world are those who have the most interesting thoughts.

The happiest people in this world are those who have the most interesting thoughts.

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The happiest people are those who think the most interesting thoughts. Those who decide to...

The Marine Corps is the Navy's police force and as long as I am President...

The Marine Corps is the Navy's police force and as long as I am President...

A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more...

A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more...