“In the cycle of nature there is no such thing as victory or defeat; there is only movement.”
“accept it as a law of nature that the individual is always defeated...the only victory lay in the far future long after you were dead...”
“A history of literature, unlike history as such, ought to list only victories, for its defeats are no victory for anyone.”
“To conquer oneself is the best and noblest victory; to be vanquished by one's own nature is the worst and most ignoble defeat.”
“Anyone can deal with victory. Only the mighty can bear defeat.”
“Only he who gives up is defeated. Everyone else is victorious.”