What is failure

What is failure? Perhaps it can be said that people to do something, did not achieve the desired purpose, this is failure. But those who struggle with fate, those who struggle close to their limits, are by nature on the verge of such failure. The old man went out to sea and could not expect fish to bite his hook every day, so he often failed. A man who is always fighting close to his limits will often fail, so will a man who wants to explore the mysteries of nature, and even more so a man who wants to reform society. It is he who lives within his own limits who always "wins," and this "winner" wins only because his opponent is already subdued, or because he does not fight at all. In life, the word "defeat" has another meaning. It means that one loses the confidence to fight on and puts down his weapons. The true failure of man is to yield to limits. But those who do not lay down their arms and continue to fight, those who continue to challenge the limits are not defeated. So the old man had not failed, he had never laid down his arms, he had only lost them. The old man did not lose heart, so he should not be called a "failed hero".