success and failure

Success and failure

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When any act has become fruitful, 

do not become proud, thinking 

‘This was achieved by my enterprise’; 

(on the other hand), 

become convinced that God is gracious.

When the desired success is not won, 

it should not be thought that the action has proved unfruitful; 

the fruit (of it) is just the understanding that actions become fruitful (in the usual sense) by the grace of God, 

not by mere human effort.

After doing a wrong action, one should not hide it from self-love; 

one should resolve to act rightly in future, avoiding faults.

Success and failure are due to destiny, 

and not to willpower or the lack of it. 

One should try to gain equipoise of mind under all circumstances. 

That is willpower.

It is better for the seeker to be in a worldly position arousing compassion from other men, than for him to be in a state to be envied by them.

~ Bhagvan Sri Ramana Maharishi