Most people live in a very restricted circle of their potential being

“Most people live…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 only his little finger.”
–William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience (1901)

Posted by Rolf Potts | Comments (2)  | July 30, 2007
Category: Travel Quote of the Day


2 Responses to “Most people live in a very restricted circle of their potential being”

  1. Gary Says:
    August 4th, 2007 at 2:16 pm

    This is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOo
    funny because I was thinking that I do do that, what like James says.

    I think it is a security issue.