More quotes by William James

"the exclusive worship of the bitch-goddess sucess is our national disease"
"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."
"Belief creates the actual fact."
"A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices."
"we have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready tomorrow to call it falsehood"