William James Quote: How to gain, how to keep, how to...

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

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Select Quotes by William James

I look forward to a future when acts of war shall be formally outlawed as between civilized peoples.

— William James

Source: The Moral Equivalent of War - 1906

The hell to be endured hereafter, of which theology tells, is no worse than the hell we make for ourselves in this world by habitually fashioning our characters in the wrong way.

— William James

Source: Principles of Psychology - Chapter 4 - 1890