More quotes by William James

"The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook."
"Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact."
"A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices."
"The greatest use of a life is to spend it on something that will outlast it."
"If merely 'feeling good' could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience."