The race was won, by the one, who did not run

The one who believes that he has succeeded believes in the concept of failure. Can you be successful without believing in failure? If there is no failure, can there be a success? Success and failure are two sides of the same coin. The one who does not believe in success, can never fail. The one who does not believe in failure, cannot succeed.

You first have to believe in the concept of ‘success’ and ‘failure’ in order to succeed or fail.

Do you know who are these two? These two are the ones who are running a race. When you are running a race, either you will succeed or you will fail. These two are running. One of them will succeed and the other one will fail. And there is no great difference between the two because both of them are essentially running the race. It is a matter of time, chance and circumstances that one succeeds in a race. And obviously in a race, somebody has to succeed and somebody has to fail.

But there is a third person as well. There is a third possibility as well. There is a man outside this racing track who is not running a race. When these two fellows are busy running and trying to succeed, that fellow is dancing. We are concerned with that third fellow. We do not want to talk about these two. These two are worthless. I want to…