If a man gives way to all his desires, or panders to them, there will be no inner struggle in him, no 'friction,' no fire. But if, for the sake of attaining a definite aim, he struggles with desires that hinder him, he will then create a fire which will gradually transform his inner world into a single whole.
"In Search of the Miraculous: Fragments of an Unknown Teaching". Book by P.D. Ouspensky, 1949.
