Ibn al-Qayyim on Self-Resolve and Determination

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Repel the thought. If you don’t, it will become a concept. Remove that concept. If you don’t, it will become a desire - that you will constantly be fighting against. If you don’t [fight it], it will become a determination and an aspiration. If you don’t remove these, it will become action. If you don’t challenge them with their opposites they will become a habit, and it will be too difficult for you to move on from them.

 دافع الخطرة، فإن لم تفعل صارت فكرة. فدافع الفكرة، فان لم نفعل صارتشهوة. فحاربها، فإن لم تفعل صارت عزيمة وهمّة، فإن لم تدافعها صارتفعلًا، فإن لم تتداركها بضدّه صار عادة فيصعب عليك الانتقال عنها

-Ibn al-Qayyim, al-Fawaid, benefit no. 36