Shunryu Suzuki Roshi commented that "My life has been one long series of mistakes."
A little bit more...
This is actually based on a famous Dogen quote which is shoshaku jushaku in the native Japanese.
I liked that there are a few different translations and related phrases.
- To succeed wrong with wrong.
- When you shit on yourself, wipe it up.
-- sources: cuke.com, May 5, 2002 and June 28, 2007, "shunryu suzuki quotes"; and oxherding.com on 2008/08/21.
A few of my own extensions that (hopefully) illuminate:
- To believe that you can escape (or have escaped) all mistakes is usually an even bigger mistake. Admit your mistakes.
- Fall down. Learn. Get up. Fall down. Learn more.
- What would it be like if you shit on yourself and didn't wipe it up? Similarly, what would it be like if you made mistakes and didn't admit them?
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