Human potentialities constitute the world's greatest resource, but at the moment only a tiny fraction of them is being realized. The possibility of tapping and directing these vast resources of human possibility provide the religion of the future with a powerful long-term motive. An equally powerful short-term motive is to ensure the fullest possible development and flowering of individual personalities. In developing a full, deep and rich personality the individual ceases to be a mere cog or cipher, and makes his own particular contribution to evolutionary fulfilment.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Human potential is vast but largely untapped. Realizing it fully is a long-term religious motive and a short-term goal for individual fulfillment.
- In plain terms
- We have huge human potential but use very little of it yet.
- What can you take from it?
- Focus on developing individual personalities to unlock human potential.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How much of your potential have you realized?
- What holds people back from growth?
Another view
Not everyone may want to maximize their potential.
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