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It is not what the world calls success that philosophy endorses. A man may suffer the ignominy of defeat and failure and yet fulfil the highest function, the true purpose of his life. It is an ignorant and mean definition of success which ties it to social recognition and worldly prosperity.

-- Notebooks Category 13: Human Experience > Chapter 1 : Situation > # 420