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endowment: a quality or an ability that you are born with

conscience: the part of your mind that tells you whether your actions are right or wrong

delicate: easily damaged or broken

stifle: to prevent something from happening; to prevent a feeling from being expressed

mistake: ​to not understand or judge somebody/something correctly

congruence: agreement with something; the state of being similar to something and not in conflict with it

disparity: ​a difference, especially one connected with unfair treatment

sinew: a strong band of tissue in the body that joins a muscle to a bone

​feast (on something): to eat a large amount of food with great pleasure

noble: having or showing fine personal qualities that people admire, such as courage, honesty and care for others

obscene: ​connected with sex in a way that most people find offensive

divine: coming from or connected with God or a god

falsehood: the state of not being true; the act of telling a lie

forfeit: to lose something or have something taken away from you because you have done something wrong

grovel: to move along the ground on your hands and knees

    There is no shortcut in developing conscience. The law of the harvest governs; we will always reap what we sow - no more, no less. The law of justice is immutable, and the closer we align ourselves with correct principles, the better our judgement will be about how the world operates and the more accurate our paradigms - our maps of the territory - will be.

    良知的培養是一個循序漸進的過程，沒有捷徑可走。我們的行為會產生相應的結果，就像農夫播種後，最終收穫自己種下的作物一樣——多寡、品質皆由自身努力決定。

    作者討論了「正確的原則」對於個人成長和成功的重要性。他認為世界運行的方式遵循公平不變的法則，人們越能遵循正確的原則，就越能培養良好的判斷力，理解世界的運作方式，並建立更準確的思維模式。這些思維模式決定了我們如何看待世界，以及如何在生活中做出選擇。

    我們要紮根於正確的價值觀，耐心耕耘，才能真正塑造良知與智慧。這種成長並非一蹴而就，而是持續學習、實踐和反思的過程。此書強調的核心理念之一：真正的成功來自內在的改變與正確的習慣，而非速成的技巧或僥倖。

reap: DJ[ri:p] to cut and collect a crop, especially wheat, from a field

sow: to plant or spread seeds in or on the ground

immutable: ​that cannot be changed; that will never change

diligence: careful work or great effort

deceive: to make somebody believe something that is not true

Stephen R. Covey "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People"

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