Mankind's common instinct for reality has always held the world to be essentially a theatre for heroism.
William JamesThere must always be a discrepncy between concepts and reality, because the former are static and discontinuous while the latter is dynamic and flowing
William JamesThere is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision, and for whom the lighting of every cigar, the drinking of every cup, the time of rising and going to bed every day, and the beginning of every bit of work, are subjects of express volitional deliberation.
William James