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If he allows other people to influence him to abandon a worthy endeavour, he must blame only himself, only his own weakness, not them. If, too, he allows obstructive circumstance to influence him in the same way, he is again to blame. This fault is harder to see and to admit than the first one. But the Quest cannot be played with, nor undertaken only for his easier and more comfortable hours. It is a master to whom he has been indentured for lifelong obedience. It is a duty from which he must let nothing swerve him.

-- Notebooks Category 1: Overview of the Quest > Chapter 2 : Its Choice > # 504