“You see, only defeat forces things to change.When losing, we feel reborn and we find the guts to live again by performing the same mistakes under new forms.On the contrary, victory humiliates human sentiment and hopelessly sends people to celebrate along with wine and prostitutes.”

“One nation is weakened by a victory, another finds new forces in defeat”

“See, see how the sun has moved onward while we talked. Nothing can stop it in its course. Prayers cannot halt the revolving of nature. It is the same with human life. Victory and defeat are one in the vast stream of life. Victory is the beginning of defeat, and who can rest safely in victory? Impermanence is the nature of all things of this world. Even you will find your ill fortunes too will change. It is easy to understand the impatience of the old, whose days are numbered, but why should you young ones fret when the future is yours?”

“Victory gave us such insane delusions of grandeur that we helped start a world war we hadn’t a chance of winning. But now that we are losing again, everything has taken a turn for the better, and we will certainly come out on top again if we succeed in being defeated.”

“we can not prepare for defeat and expect to live a life in Victory.”

“Victory is a good wine; defeat is a good university!”