The moment a little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing.

Quote by Eric Berne

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Games are a compromise between intimacy and keeping intimacy away.

Games are a compromise between intimacy and keeping intimacy away.

A loser doesn't know what he'll do if he loses, but talks about what he'll...

A loser doesn't know what he'll do if he loses, but talks about what he'll...

You cannot do wrong without suffering wrong

You cannot do wrong without suffering wrong

Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is...

Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is...

To all the students who drop out and failed high school: Remember two things; 1)...

To all the students who drop out and failed high school: Remember two things; 1)...

Ambition is the last refuge of failure.

Ambition is the last refuge of failure.

The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what we want most for what...

The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what we want most for what...

I'd rather be partly great than entirely useless.

I'd rather be partly great than entirely useless.

There is no failure for the man who realizes his power, who never knows when...

There is no failure for the man who realizes his power, who never knows when...

People are ridiculous only when they try or seem to be that which they are...

People are ridiculous only when they try or seem to be that which they are...

All war represents a failure of diplomacy

All war represents a failure of diplomacy

There can be no failure to a man who has not lost his courage, his...

There can be no failure to a man who has not lost his courage, his...

When we begin to take our failures non-seriously, it means we are ceasing to be...

When we begin to take our failures non-seriously, it means we are ceasing to be...

Losers are always in the wrong

Losers are always in the wrong

Keep on beginning and failing. Each time you fail, start all over gain, and you...

Keep on beginning and failing. Each time you fail, start all over gain, and you...

A stumble may prevent a fall.

A stumble may prevent a fall.

If a man has done his best, what else is there?

If a man has done his best, what else is there?

To be wrong is nothing unless you continue to remember it

To be wrong is nothing unless you continue to remember it

Failure is the tuition you pay for success.

Failure is the tuition you pay for success.

Failure doesn't mean you are a failure... it just means you haven't succeeded yet.

Failure doesn't mean you are a failure... it just means you haven't succeeded yet.

Knowledge is not a series of self consistent theories that converges towards an ideal view;...

Knowledge is not a series of self consistent theories that converges towards an ideal view;...

That's what learning is, after all; not whether we lose the game, but how we...

That's what learning is, after all; not whether we lose the game, but how we...