I begin to understand that failure is its own reward. It is in the effort to close the distance between the work imagined and the work achieved wherein it is to be found that the ceaseless labor is the freedom of play, that what's at stake isn't a reflection in the mirror of fame but the escape from the prison of the self.
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About Lewis H. Lapham
Lewis H. Lapham was a 20th-century American writer. Lewis Henry Lapham II was an American writer. He was the editor of the American monthly Harper's Magazine from 1976 until 1981, and from 1983 until 2006. Read more on Wikipedia →
Themes
- Success — Insights on achievement, ambition, and reaching your goals