Only the completely enlightened are beyond winning and losing. Yet, strangely enough, they had to win to get … - Frederick Lenz

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And whatever people might say about the time having come when young people must arrange their future for themselves, she could not believe it any more than she could believe that loaded pistols could ever be the best toys for five-year-old children.

Frederick Lenz

Only the completely enlightened are beyond winning and losing. Yet, strangely enough, they had to win to get to the point of being beyond winning and losing.

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