„Defeat exists but not suffering. A true warrior knows that when he loses a battle, he is improving the skill with which he wields a sword. He will be able to fight more skilfullly next time.“

— Paulo Coelho

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„There is suffering in life, and there are defeats. No one can avoid them. But it's better to lose some of the battles in the struggles for your dreams than to be defeated without ever knowing what you're fighting for.“
— Paulo Coelho
„only the defeated know LOVE.because it is in the realm of love that wefight our first battles - and generally lose……..“
— Paulo Coelho
„He who knows when he can fight and when he cannot will be victorious.“
— Sun Tzu
„Every Warrior of the Light has suffered for the most trivial of reasons. Every Warrior of the Light has, at least once, believed he was not a Warrior of the Light.“
— Paulo Coelho
„He suffers from one great literary defect, which is often found in lonely geniuses: he never knows when to stop.“
— W. H. Auden
„Every man is scared in his first battle. If he says he's not, he's a liar. Some men are cowards but they fight the same as the brave men or they get the hell slammed out of them watching men fight who are just as scared as they are. The real hero is the man who fights even though he is scared.“
— George S. Patton
„When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment; he needs help. That's the message he is sending.“
— Thich Nhat Hanh