William James Quote: How pleasant is the day when we give...

How pleasant is the day when we give up striving to be young or slender.

Select Quotes by William James

If this life be not a real fight, in which something is eternally gained for the universe by success, it is no better than a game of private theatricals from which one may withdraw at will. But it feels like a real fight.

— William James

Source: Is Life Worth Living? - Chapter IV - 1895

A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain.

— William James

Source: The Varieties of Religious Experiences - 1902

How to gain, how to keep, how to recover happiness, is in fact for most men at all times the secret motive of all they do, and of all they are willing to endure.

— William James

Source: The Varieties of Religious Experiences - 1902