They who have no central purpose in their life fall an easy prey to petty worries, fears, troubles, and self-pityings, all of which are indications of weakness, which lead, just as surely as deliberately planned sins (though by a different route), to failure, unhappiness, and loss, for weakness cannot persist in a power evolving universe.
生活中没有核心目标的人,容易陷入琐碎的忧虑、恐惧、烦恼与自怜。这些都是软弱的表现,虽途径不同,也会像蓄意作恶一样导致失败、不幸与损失,因为软弱无法在力量不断发展的宇宙中长存。
— James Allen · As a Man Thinketh (1903) · Thought and Purpose —