"We have to live today by what..." - Quote by William James

“Why may we not be in the universe, as our dogs and cats are in our drawingrooms and libraries?”

“Since you make evil or good by your own thoughts, it is your ruling of your thoughts which proves to be your principal concern.”

“So with the man who has daily inured himself to habits of concentrated attention, energetic volition, and self-denial in unnecessary things. He will stand like a tower when everything rocks around him, and when his softer fellow-mortals are winnowed like chaff in the blast.”

“Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.”

“What is history but a fable agreed upon?”

“Do you think that the things people make fools of themselves about are any less real and true than the things they behave sensibly about? They are more true: they are the only things that are true.”

“It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives. It's what we do consistently.”

“I would feel real trapped in this life if I didn't know I could commit suicide at any time.”

“You ask Why to a lot of things and you wind up very unhappy indeed, if you keep at it. The poor girl's better off dead”