Full Idea
Truth is, in James' phrase, "what it is better for us to believe", rather than "the accurate representation of reality".
Gist of Idea
For James truth is "what it is better for us to believe" rather than a correct picture of reality
Source
Richard Rorty (Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature [1980], Intro)
Book Reference
Rorty,Richard: 'Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature' [Blackwell 1980], p.10