Be Aware of Your Own Weaknesses

It is the part of Christian duty to endeavor to understand the nature of temptations. And as included in this, it is our duty to understand their specific, as well as their general nature; in other words, their nature in its application to ourselves personally. That, which would be a temptation to one, would not be so to another. The general idea, expressed by the word temptation, embraces not only the object which tempts, but also the subject of the temptation. In particular, therefore, we should study the weak and comparatively defenseless points in our character and situation; those particulars, in which wrong influences will be most likely to have an effect upon us and lead us astray.

— The Interior or Hidden Life (1844) Part 1, Chapter 19.