Not every written word mean what one think it does. Might it be a metaphor? Or a difference in definition? Maybe there's more than meets the eye to these words, or maybe the author had difficulties expressing himself. Try considering the possibilities, and begin with this line.
Throw yourself at every challenge presented, and you will always come out stronger, in one way or another.
We tend to be ignorant of our own ignorance, so let us not be ignorant of each other's ignorance.