The Moral Vision
Per Ardua ad Astra
~ 48 ~
Experience has shown also that complacency and a
sense of comfort can be even greater vitiating
factors in man’s progress through life than
devastation and despair. This does not mean that
adversity by itself is beneficial. No. It is simply the
spark which ignites the fuel of man’s soul and
drives him on to greater things. It is the mainspring
of his initiative and the force which propels him
relentlessly forward. In the face of adversity his
hidden capacities come to the fore and it is possible
for him to reach undreamt of heights. But first and
foremost there has to be the
will
to do so. There has
to be the
will
to stop wallowing in self-pity and to
get up and take action.
It is not ease, but effort, not facility, but difficulty
which make a man what he is.
