Any goal worth achieving involves an element of risk.

Run when you can, walk if you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up.

The human body is capable of amazing physical deeds. If we could just free ourselves from our perceived limitations and tap into our internal fire, the possibilities are endless.

The human body has limitations. The human spirit is boundless.

Some seek the comfort of their therapist's office, other head to the corner pub and dive into a pint, but I chose running as my therapy.

Running is about finding your inner peace, and so is a life well lived.

Don't run with your legs, run with your heart.

I never feel more alive than when I'm in great pain, struggling against insurmountable odds and untold adversity. Hardship? Suffering? Bring it!

Sometimes you've got to go through hell to get to heaven.

There is magic in misery. Just ask any runner.

Unless you're not pushing yourself, you're not living to the fullest. You can't be afraid to fail, but unless you fail, you haven't pushed hard enough."

Whoever find the goodness of grace, departs from wicked acts of evil.

When we encounter sorrow and betrayal stay present and learn. There is a lesson waiting to unfold, allow yourself to soften into the experience.

All these mirrorscarnival distortionsof selves we never were.

First, Resolve upon, and daily endeavour to practise, a life of seriousness and strict sobriety.

I did enough algebra when I was at university, so I am sick and tired of that.

He was a sociologist; he had got into an intellectual muddle early on in life and never managed to get out.

Cherishing children is the mark of a civilized society.

The depth of a friendship - how much it means to us ... depends, at least in part, upon how many parts of ourselves a friend sees, shares and validates.

Let your love propel your beloveds into the world-and into the full experience of who they are. In this will you have truly loved.

People want to change everything and, at the same time, want it all to remain the same.