...impossibilities, that so many medical books describe. Stating the thing broadly, the human individual thus lives usually far within his limits; he possesses powers of various sorts which he habit- ually fails to use. He energizes below his maximum, and he behaves below his optimum. In elementary...

...achievement. Memorize the following: Stating the thing broadly, the human individual usually lives far within his limits; he possesses powers of various...below his maximum, and he behaves below his optimum. — WILLIAM JAMES. FOR THE SIXTH DAY Patience — This wins self-respect, and the good-will of others....

...comfort on much higher levels of power. . . . "Stating the thing broadly, the human individual thus lives usually far within his limits; he possesses...below his maximum, and he behaves below his optimum." Why not assume, then, it has been argued, that the workers who are subject to industrial overpressure...

...correctness; for, if we are to believe the late Professor William James,* "the human individual thus lives far within his limits ; he possesses powers of various...below his maximum, and he behaves below his optimum." Hence ought we to continue to boast of the inroads into our health on account of our energizing as...

...passages that seem to me to form an excellent introduction to the subject about to be considered. " The human individual lives usually far within his...energizes below his maximum, and he behaves below his optimism. In elementary faculty, in co-ordination, in power of inhibition and control, in every conceivable...

...James, it will be recalled, in his suggestive essay on "The Energies of Men," says in summing up : " The human individual lives usually far within his...various sorts which he habitually fails to use. He energises below his maximum, and he behaves below his optimum. ' ' What he means is that we habitually...

...James, it will be recalled, in his suggestive essay on "The Energies of Men," says in summing up : " The human individual lives usually far within his...various sorts which he habitually fails to use. He energises below his maximum, and he behaves below his optimum. ' ' What he means is that we habitually...

...of the human mind, Prof. William James. In his soul-stirring essay on 'The Energiss of Man' he says: 'The human individual lives usually far within his limits. He possesses powers of various sf o which he habitually fails to use. He energize' "^jlow his maximum, and he behaves below his o-'"...

...strength. Only when challenged, do we know what we are capable of. Modern psychology tells us that " the human individual lives usually far within his...which he habitually fails to use. He energizes below the maximum, and he behaves below his optimum." And to rise to our maximum and optimum we need some...

...emphasizing social limitations upon individual action and energy. The essence of his thesis is that "the human individual lives usually far within his...various sorts which he habitually fails to use. He energises below his maximum, and he behaves below his optimum." Individuals utilise their real powers...