The belief that youth is the happiest time of life is founded upon a fallacy. The happiest person is the person who thinks the most interesting thoughts, and we grow happier as we grow older.

The belief that youth is the happiest time of life is founded upon a fallacy. The happiest person is the person who thinks the most interesting thoughts, and we grow happier as we grow older.

William Phelps
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The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.

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Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.

How do we change the world? One random act of kindness at a time.

The highest reward for a man's toil is not what he gets for it but what he becomes by it.

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