If the problem is something in your own character, who's stopping you from setting your mind straight?
And if it's that you're not doing something you think you should be, why not just do it?
–But there are insuperable obstacles.
Then its not a problem. The cause of your inaction lies outside you.
–But how can I go on living with that undone?
Then depart, with good conscience, as if you'd done it, embracing the obstacles too.”
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