I mean that you always know what results will come from one or another of your actions; but in a strange way you want to do one thing and get the res… - Petr Uspensky

But the worst about a self-element is that its presence is never dreamed of till it is got rid of.

Q. Why is it so difficult to control attention? A. Lack of habit. We are too accustomed to letting things happen. When we want to control attention or something else, we find it difficult, just as physical work is difficult if we are not accustomed to it.

If we do not do something to-day, how can we expect to do it to-morrow? If we can do it to-day, we must; nobody can put it off till to-morrow, because to-morrow we could do something else. We always think we have time.