An act has no ethical quality whatever unless it be chosen out of several all equally possible.
William JamesCompared to what we ought to be, we are only half awake. We are making use of only a small part of our physical and mental resources. Stating the thing broadly, the human individual thus lives far within his limits. He possesses power of various sorts which he habitually fails to use.
William JamesScience as such assuredly has no authority, for she can only say what is, not what is not.
William James