I do not recognize these as defeats. They are but interesting experiences of life. They are valuable stepping stones to success.
Every life viewed from the inside is a series of defeats.
The unspoken word never defeats one. What one does not say does not have to be explained.
To fight the Empire is to be infected by its derangement. . . . Whoever defeats the Empire becomes the Empire; it proliferates like a virus.
The Masonic fraternity tramples upon our rights, defeats the administration of justice, and bids defiance to every government which it cannot control.
Organized greed always defeats disorganized democracy.
We will sometimes have defeats in life but you can have defeats without being defeated, you could fail without being a failure. When you see failure and defeats as merely part of the process to get to when.
There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.
Defeats are always pitiful. Victories are always last resources.
We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.
In retrospect, our triumphs could as easily have happened to someone else; but our defeats are uniquely our own.
It is in Zen practice that you gain power, balance and wisdom. The battles that you fight are within your own mind. That is where the real victories and defeats are.
But it is the fear, not the writing that defeats me. Everything is not a masterpiece.
