More quotes by William James

"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."
"A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain."
"Belief creates the actual fact."
"we have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready tomorrow to call it falsehood"
"The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes."