More quotes by William James

"the exclusive worship of the bitch-goddess sucess is our national disease"
"If merely 'feeling good' could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience."
"The greatest use of a life is to spend it on something that will outlast it."
"A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain."
"Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is a common habit to blame life upon the environment. Environment modifies life but does not govern life. The soul is stronger than its surroundings."