Rāsiyasutta

sn42.12:18.1 Take another fervent mortifier who has gone forth out of faith from the lay life to homelessness, thinking:

sn42.12:18.2 ‘Hopefully I will achieve a skillful quality! Hopefully I will realize a superhuman distinction in knowledge and vision worthy of the noble ones!’

sn42.12:18.3 They mortify and torment themselves. And they achieve a skillful quality, and they realize a superhuman distinction in knowledge and vision worthy of the noble ones.