Winning does not tempt that man, this is how he grows, by b… - David Whyte

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Winning does not tempt that man, this is how he grows, by being defeated decisively, by greater and greater beings.

David Whyte

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David Whyte (born 2 November 1955) is an Anglo-Irish poet.[1][2][3] He has said that all of his poetry and philosophy are based on "the conversational nature of reality".[4] His book The Heart Aroused: Poetry and the Preservation of the Soul in Corporate America (1994) topped the best-seller charts in the United States.

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...wanting soul life without the dark, warming intelligence of personal doubt is like expecting an egg without the brooding heat of the mother hen.

To be disappointed is to reassess our self and our inner world, and to be called to the larger foundational reality that lies beyond any false self we had only projected upon the outer world.

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Winning does not tempt that man, this is how he grows, by being defeated decisively, by greater and greater beings. - David Whyte

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