There’s a biblical scripture that encapsulates this amazingly.

“Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it. What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit their very self?” - Luke 9:23-25

I think many who read religious books get too caught up on the acts and not the underlying principles they’re referring to like this one.