"Anything that must yet be done, virtue can do with courage and promptness. For anyone would call it a sign of foolishness for one to undertake a task with a lazy and begrudging spirit, or to push the body in one direction and the mind in another, to be torn apart by wildly divergent impulses."-SENECA, MORAL LETTERS, 31.b-32
("아직 해야 할 일이 있다면, 덕(德)은 그것을 용기와 신속함으로 해낼 수 있습니다. 누구나 무언가를 게으르고 마지못해 하는 것을 어리석다고 여길 것입니다. 몸은 한쪽으로 움직이지만 마음은 다른 방향으로 향하고, 서로 다른 충동에 의해 찢어지는 것은 미련한 짓이니까요." - 세네카, 《도덕 편지》, 31.b-32)
If you start something and right away feel yourself getting lazy and irritated, first ask yourself: Why am I doing this? If it really is a necessity, ask yourself: What's behind my reluctance? Fear? Spite? Fatigue? Don't forge ahead hoping that someone will come along and relieve you of this task you don't want to do. Or that someone else will suddenly explain why what you're doing matters. Don't be the person who says yes with their mouth but no with their actions. Steve Jobs told ...