The soul must always be inclined:
1. not to the easiest thing but the hardest;
2. not to the tastiest thing but the most insipid;
3. not to the thing that gives the greatest pleasure but to those that give the least;
4. not to the restful things but to painful ones;
5. not to consolation but to desolation;
6. not to more but to less;
7. not to the highest and dearest but to the lowest and most despised;
8. not to the desire for something but to have no desires.
