“Two things specially avail
unto improvement in
holiness, namely firmness
to withdraw ourselves from
the sin to which by nature
we are most inclined, and
earnest zeal for that good in
which we are most lacking.
And strive also very
earnestly to guard against
and subdue those faults
which displease thee most
frequently in others.”
Thomas a Kempis, The Imitation of Christ, Book One