Not only through the ministry of his words and works, but through his death in apparent defeat and the triumph of his resurrection to be with us always as a Living Presence, God has acted for our healing. (religion-online.org)
Now, Brian lives by this credo: Feast upon uncertainty, fatten upon disappointment, invigorate in the presence of difficulties and enthuse over apparent defeat. (entrepreneur.com)
Speaking to the European Parliament in November 1989 at a time when socialist regimes were falling all over Central and Eastern Europe, the Archbishop of Canterbury Robert Runcie said, «The apparent defeat of communism in Europe should not be seen as a triumph of capitalism. (religion-online.org)