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."
"It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all."
"A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices."
"Belief creates the actual fact."