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Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice.
William James
A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain.
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.
William James
We are doomed to cling to a life even while we find it unendurable.
William James
Knowledge about life is one thing; effective occupation of a place in life, with its dynamic currents passing through your being, is another.
William James
To spend life for something which outlasts it.
William James
The ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they shall have in their lives.
William James
The greatest use of a life is to spend it on something that will outlast it.
William James
To change ones life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly.
William James
If merely 'feeling good' could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience.
William James