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The quest says he is not so helpless as he thinks he is. Why give himself up so unresistingly to the tendencies he finds in his heart, to the thoughts he finds in his mind, to the inward dominion of his possessions and passions? Why be so soft-willed as to refrain from making any effort at all on the plea that he must accept himself as he finds himself?

-- Notebooks Category 1: Overview of the Quest > Chapter 5 : Self-Development > # 273