William James: So with the man who has daily inured himself to habits of concentrated…
So with the man who has daily inured himself to habits of concentrated attention, energetic volition, and self-denial in unnecessary things. He will stand like a tower when everything rocks around him, and when his softer fellow-mortals are winnowed like chaff in the blast.
In today’s wordsSo it is with the person who has daily trained himself in concentrated attention, energetic will, and self-denial in unnecessary things: he'll stand like a tower when everything rocks around him, while his softer fellow mortals are blown away like chaff.
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