I finished a marathon.

There is no such thing as an average runner. We are all above average.

Keep your dream in front of you. Never let it go regardless of how farfetched it might seem.

Even when you have gone as far as you can, and everything hurts, and you are staring at the specter of self-doubt, you can find a bit more strength deep inside you, if you look closely enough.

Hills. We love them. We hate them. They make us strong. They make us weak. Today I chose to embrace hills.

It is not so much that I began to run, but that I continued.

Motivation remains key to the marathon: the motivation to begin; the motivation to continue; the motivation never to quit.

We all have bad days and bad workouts, when running gets ugly, when split times seem slow, when you wonder why you started. It will pass.

The most important day in any running program is rest. Rest days give your muscles time to recover so you can run again. Your muscles build in strength as you rest.

I run, therefore I am. And given the years improved fitness adds to our lives, if I did not run, maybe I would no longer be.

Some runners judge performance by whether they won or lost. Others define success or failure by how fast they ran. Only you can judge your performance. Avoid letting others sit in judgment of you.

Almost all the time, you tell yourself you're loving somebody when you're just using them. This only looks like love.

The salvation of the species, lies in knowing the Self – it lies in contributing to the wellbeing of the Selves of others.

May you soar higher and higher, to uphold heavenly blessings.

How happy I am to go to the front at last. To do my bit. To prove with my life what I think I feel.

A tragedy means always a mans struggle with that which is stronger than man.

Is it not possible that the ultimate end is gaiety and music and a dance of joy?

I seem to have to make my characters family before I can access their hearts in any way that matters.

I don’t feel in a kind of race or competition with him or anybody else, because that kind of reactive thing isn’t good, or isn’t useful for natural creative instincts

It is always so simple, and so complicating, to accept an apology.

In Los Angeles all the loose objects in the country were collected, as if America had been tilted and everything that wasn't tightly screwed down had slid into Southern California.