"One may wish and will many things,"--I said--"But the result is not
always successful."
"Is that your experience?" he asked, bending his keen eyes full upon
me--"You know, if you are true to yourself, that no power can resist
the insistence of a strong Will brought steadily to bear on any
intention. If the effort fails, it is only because the Will has
hesitated. What have you made of some of your past lives--you and your
lover both--through hesitation at a supreme moment!"