“Suppose our failures occur, not in spite of what we are doing, but precisely because of it.”

— Dallas Willard

Source: The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life In God

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American philosopher 1935–2013

Richard Paul Evans (1962) American writer

Source: The Looking Glass

“Our sense of free will results from a failure to appreciate this: We do not know what we intend to do until the intention itself arises. To understand this is to realize that we are not the authors of our thoughts and actions in the way that people generally suppose.”

Sam Harris (1967) American author, philosopher and neuroscientist

Source: 2010s, Free Will (2012), p. 13

“The whole terrible fight occured in the area of imagination. That is the precise location of our battlefield. It is there, that we experience our victories and defeats.”

Haruki Murakami (1949) Japanese author, novelist

Source: After the Quake

“If we experience any failures or setbacks, we do not forget them because they offend our self-esteem. Instead we reflect on them deeply, trying to figure out what went wrong and discern whether there are any patterns to our mistakes.”

Robert Greene book Mastery

Source: Mastery

“Our beliefs about what we are and what we can be precisely determine what we can be”

Anthony Robbins (1960) Author, actor, professional speaker

“Not in spite of but because of our polyglot background, we have had all the strength in the world. That is the American way.”

Ronald Reagan (1911–2004) American politician, 40th president of the United States (in office from 1981 to 1989)

While signing the Bill Providing Restitution for the Wartime Internment of Japanese-American Civilians, quoting himself at the funeral of Kazuo Masuda in December 1945 (10 August 1988) http://history.wisc.edu/archdeacon/404tja/redress.html
1980s, Second term of office (1985–1989)
Context: Blood that has soaked into the sands of a beach is all of one color. America stands unique in the world: the only country not founded on race but on a way, an ideal. Not in spite of but because of our polyglot background, we have had all the strength in the world. That is the American way.