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There is but one cause of human failure. And that is man's lack of faith in his true Self.

There is but one cause of human failure. And that is man's lack of faith in his true Self.

William James
Inspirational, Self Esteem, Failure

No living person is sunk so low as not to be imitated by somebody.

William James
Failure, Lows, Persons
William James, Robert D Richardson (2010). “The Heart of William James”, p.139, Harvard University Press

Compared with what we ought to be, we are only half awake. Our fires are damped, our drafts are checked. We are making use of only a small part of our possible mental and physical resources.

William James
Failure, Fire, Use
William James (1987). “Writings, 1902-1910”, p.1225, Library of America

Take the happiest man, the one most envied by the world, and in nine cases out of ten his inmost consciousness is one of failure. Either his ideals in the line of his achievements are pitched far higher than the achievements themselves, or else he has secret ideals of which the world knows nothing, and in regard to which he inwardly knows himself to be found wanting.

William James
Failure, Men, Secret
William James (1987). “Writings, 1902-1910”, p.129, Library of America

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