1) Understanding Which Leads to Success

Every human being determines to become successful. I'm sure there is no one who does not dream of being successful centering on a larger goal. Every individual goes out with a dream to accomplish his or her goal, but the people who have actually realized that goal are extremely few. (43-20)

During a lifetime, there are people who climb up to the peak of success and there are people who don't. Think of a mountain, for example. Even though the peak is higher, there are those who stop at a certain place, saying, "Oh, my peak is here. I barely made it even to here." If that person would go one more step, he or she would make it to the very top, but he or she often just stops there and lies down. Even if you collapse, even if it is harsh work for your body, you have to pass the center point and collapse on the other side. Then you will find the country on the other side. No matter how harsh the work is, if you cannot go beyond the dividing line, then you will still be under the control of the country on this side.

This goes in both the satanic world and in God's world. I'm sure there are those who say, "Oh, I have succeeded," centering on some kind of a standard. Some might have lived based on this standard and others would have lived on that standard. Looking at a chain of mountains, when one is asked, "Which peak is the highest?" will there be anyone who answers, "This is the highest," pointing to a low peak? Will anyone point to a low peak and say, "This is the peak I want to try climbing?" That is a crazy person. That kind of a person can be considered barely human. (63-33)

Within the course of your life, if you rest saying you have succeeded, then you will decline. That success must not be a success centered on yourself. Today, the members of the Unification Church must not stop after individual success. They should go on for the success of Korea. Furthermore, without stopping there, we must go on developing until we reach the success of the entire world. (26-132)