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Most people live, whether physically, intellectually or morally, in a very restricted circle of their potential being. They make use of a very small portion of their possible consciousness, and of their soul's resources in general, much like a man who, out of his whole bodily organism, should get into a habit of using and moving only his lttle finger. Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed.

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William James

United States pragmatic philosopher and psychologist (1842-1910)

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    अधिकांश लोग जीवित रहते हैं, चाहे शारीरिक, बौद्धिक या नैतिक रूप से, अपनी क्षमता के बहुत सीमित दायरे में। वे अपनी संभव चेतना के एक बहुत छोटे हिस्से का उपयोग करते हैं, और उनकी आत्मा के संसाधनों का सामान्य रूप से, एक आदमी की तरह, जो अपने पूरे शारीरिक जीव से बाहर निकलता है, उसे केवल अपनी उँगली का उपयोग करने और आगे बढ़ने की आदत डालनी चाहिए। महान आपात स्थिति और संकट हमें दिखाते हैं कि हमारे महत्वपूर्ण संसाधनों की तुलना में हम कितना अधिक थे।

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