Compared to what we ought to be, we are only half awake. We are making use of only a small part of our physical and mental resources. Stating the thing broadly, the human individual lives far within his limits. He possesses power of various sorts which he habitually fails to use.
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Author
William James
American philosopher and psychologist, and the first educator to offer a psychology course in the United States.