William James Quote: Tell him to live by yes and no....

Tell him to live by yes and no.
Yes to everything good,
No to everything bad.

Source: Quoted in The Thought and Character of William James - 1899

Select Quotes by William James

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

There is nothing to make one indignant in the mere fact that life is hard, that men should toil and suffer pain. The planetary conditions once for all are such, and we can stand it.

— William James

Source: The Moral Equivalent of War - 1906