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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To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your thinking.

We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.

Life is a daring adventure or nothing at all.

Failure is not a person; it's an event, a detour, not a dead-end street.

Do not wait for anybody or anything. Do whatever you can. Build your hope on none.

Sometimes we need someone to simply be there. Not to fix anything, or to do anything in particular, but just to let us feel that we are cared for and supported.

To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your thinking.

We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.

Life is a daring adventure or nothing at all.

Failure is not a person; it's an event, a detour, not a dead-end street.

Do not wait for anybody or anything. Do whatever you can. Build your hope on none.

Sometimes we need someone to simply be there. Not to fix anything, or to do anything in particular, but just to let us feel that we are cared for and supported.