Old age is the night of life, as night is the old age of the day. Still, night is full of magnificence; and, for many, it is more brilliant than the day.

The world has no sympathy with any but positive griefs. It will pity you for what you lose; never for what you lack

Travel is the frivolous part of serious lives, and the serious part of frivolous ones.

We reform others unconsciously when we walk uprightly.

There is a transcendent power in example.

To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others.

Silence is like nightfall. Objects are lost in it insensibly.

The chains which cramp us most are those which weigh on us least.

The mind wears the colors of the soul, as a valet those of his master.

In youth we feel richer for every new illusion; in maturer years, for every one we lose.

Strength alone knows conflict, weakness is born vanquished.

Ezra Pound - idiosyncrasy on a monument.

So many times in my life, people have tried to make me a failure.

Ordinarily when a man in difficulty turns to prayer, he has already tried every other means of escape.

With words we govern men.

A change of pace in terms of your running pace will give you strength psychologically.

A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won't cross the street to vote in a national election.

Athletes these days are too robotic. People like to see performances filled with emotion. In my career I tried to be amusing, to differentiate myself from the other champions.

The whole Universe is a large joke. Everything in the Universe are just subdivisions of this joke. So why take anything too serious.

Caring for our children and making sure they do not get addicted to drugs is all of our responsibility.

The goal is to become the unique, awesome, never to be repeated human being that we were called to be.