“Compared with what we ought to be, we are only half awake.  Our fires are damped, our drafts are checked.  We are making use of only a small pert of our possible mental and physical resources.  … The human individual thus lives usualy far within his limits; he posseses powers of various sorts which he habitually fails to use.  He energizes below his maximum, and behaves below his optimum.   … Either some unusual stimulus fills them with emotional excitement, or some unusual idea of necessity induces them to make an extra effort of will.  Excitements, ideas, and efforts in a word, are what carry us over the dam.”

— William James

“Mind is the Master power that moulds and makes, (more…)

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“Ever since I was a child I have had this the instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one’s potential.”
— Bruce Lee

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. (more…)