The weakest soul, knowing its own weakness, and believing this truth that strength can only be developed by effort and practice, will, thus believing, at once begin to exert itself, and, adding effort to effort, patience to patience, and strength to strength, will never cease to develop, and will at last grow divinely strong.
最软弱的心灵,只要认识自己的软弱,并相信力量只能通过努力与实践来培养,就会立即开始奋发;不断积累努力、耐心与力量,持续成长,最终变得无比坚强。
— James Allen · As a Man Thinketh (1903) · Thought and Purpose —