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After the necessity for self-improvement has been brought home to us, whether by peaceful reflection or painful experience, we begin to cast about for the power to effect it. We see that enthusiasm is not enough, for this having bubbled up may pass away again into lethargy. We need the effort to understand, and to organize our thought to this end as well as the will to apply in action what we learn.

-- Notebooks Category 2: Overview of Practices Involved > Chapter 5 : Balance the Psyche > # 22