QotD: on Defeat and Growth

Dec 03, 2010 23:17

Winning does not tempt that man.
This is how he grows:
by being defeated, decisively,
by greater and greater beings.
--Ranier Maria Wilke (1875-1926)

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The Man Watching skyojos December 4 2010, 11:40:12 UTC
I can tell by the way the trees beat, after ( ... )

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