William James Quote: The impulse to take life strivingly is indestructible...

The impulse to take life strivingly is indestructible in the race.

Source: Principles of Psychology - Chapter 21 - 1890

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Man can alter his life by altering his thinking.

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

The stream of thought flows on; but most of its segments fall into the bottomless abyss of oblivion. Of some, no memory survives the instant of their passage. Of others, it is confined to a few moments, hours or days. Others, again, leave vestiges which are indestructible, and by means of which they may be recalled as long as life endures.

— William James

Source: Principles of Psychology - Chapter 16 - 1890