"How pleasant is the day when we give……" — William James

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

— William James

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484 Quotes by William James

William James has 484 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

I take it that no man is educated who has never dallied with the thought of suicide.
Success plus Self-esteem equals Pretensions.
To know psychology, therefore, is absolutely no guarantee that we shall be good teacher.
There is a stream, a succession of states, or waves, or fields (or whatever you please to call them), of…
Man, whatever else he may be, is primarily a practical being, whose mind is given him to aid in adapting…
No reception without reaction, no impression without correlative expression, -this is the great maxim which the teacher ought never to…
Habit is second nature, or rather . . . ten times nature.
We must make automatic and habitual, as early as possible, as many useful actions as we can, and as carefully…
It is astonishing how many mental operations we can explain when we have once grasped the principles of association
The entire routine of our memorized acquisitions is a consequence of nothing but the Law of Contiguity. The words of…
Any object not interesting in itself may become interesting through becoming associated with an object in which an interest already…
An idea will infect another with its own emotional interest when they have become both associated together into any sort…

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Education is the best provision for old age. — Aristotle
Musicians don't retire; they stop when there's no more music in them. — Louis Armstrong
When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we… — Chinua Achebe
Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise. — Margaret Atwood
I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably because they have forgotten their… — Margaret Atwood
The class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money, still less, as is apt… — Wystan Hugh Auden
Give me chastity and continence, but not yet. — Saint Augustine
You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an old man long. — Marcus Aurelius
I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that. — Lauren Bacall
Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to… — Francis Bacon
I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am. — Francis Bacon
He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator. — Francis Bacon

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