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“Lives dominated by impossible ideals – complete honesty, absolute knowledge, perfect happiness, eternal love – are lives experienced as continuous failure.”

Book:Darwin's Worms: On Life Stories and Death Stories

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Darwin's Worms: On Life Stories and Death Stories

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Adam Phillips

Adam Phillips is a British writer born in September 1954. His works cover a range of fields including psychology, philosophy, and literature, known for his unique perspective and profound insights. more

“This ploy is supposed to make the onlookers have sympathy with them if they ‘fail’ and it’s expected to bring greater rewards if they ‘win’. Actually this down-in-the-mouth attitude almost guarantees failure, and makes everyone fed up with them. No one has sympathy with an adult who takes such as attitude, but when they are children it probably worked.”

Trying Failure

Book:Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre

Source: Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre

“Dishonest profit is easily lost and never giving into savings.”

Lost Issues Failure Management Foolishness Unwise Money Quote Unawareness And Ignorance

Author:Ben Jr Grey

“Is failure part of his DNA? See, the world has utterly FAILED him. Doesn't it stand to reason that his standard is so high that he can't help but FAIL himself? To be so relentlessly driven that FAILURE is met violently, well, it must be tiring.”

Failure Self Fulfilling Prophecy

Book:Batman: Damned

Source: Batman: Damned

“Some failures are about genuine change. Intensive self-reflection. And coming to the deep understanding that you can't go on living the way you have been.”