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William Lyon Phelps

"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."

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"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."

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"Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside."

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"I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual."

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"Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know."

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"Our main purpose of life is to be happy. Happiness is in simplicity, and the most amazing things about life is that it is so simple."

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"Happy people can look back and say they chose their life, not settled for it."

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"Always ask yourself what will make you happy over the long term."

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"Children are happy because they have the power of finding happiness in the simplest things."

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"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."
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"A cat pours his body on the floor like water. It is restful just to see him."
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"Nature makes boys and girls lovely to look upon so they can be tolerated until they acquire some sense."
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"There is a strange reluctance on the part of most people to admit they enjoy life."
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"You can learn more about human nature by reading the Bible than by living in New York."
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"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."
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"In a start-up company, you basically throw out all assumptions every three weeks."
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"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."
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"The fear of life is the favorite disease of the 20th century."
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"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."
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