Courage is sustained by calling up anew the vision of the goal.
—Antonin Sertillanges
Topics: Courage
Do you want to do intellectual work? Begin by creating within you a zone of silence, a habit of recollection, a will of renunciation and detachment which puts you entirely at the disposal of work; acquire that state of soul unburdened by desire and self-will which is the state of grace of the intellectual worker. Without that you will do nothing, at least nothing worth while.
—Antonin Sertillanges
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