When life seems hard, the courageous do not lie down and accept defeat; instead, they are all the more determined to struggle for better future.
The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success.