# William James on Human Potential — The deepest difference, practically, in the moral life of man…

> The deepest difference, practically, in the moral life of man…

— William James


The deepest difference, practically, in the moral life of man is the difference between the easygoing and the strenuous mood. When in the easygoing mood the shrinking from present ill is our ruling consideration. The strenuous mood, on the contrary, makes us quite indifferent to present ill, if only the greater ideal be attained.

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