The challenge of ultrarunning is 90 percent mental, and the other 10 percent is all in our heads

The only limitations we face are the ones we place upon ourselves

The infinite bears no definition

O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected dwelling and scatter there Thy cheerful beams.

Story always tells us more than the mere words, and that is why we love to write it, and to read it.

Civilization is a movement - not a condition a voyage - not a harbour.

Decus et pretium recte petit experiens vir. The man who makes the attempt justly aims at honour and reward.

God is good but not safe, and the urge for safe art is often a worldly temptation away from goodness.

I play Rock 'n' Roll, that's what I do.

My research is like my feeling directed towards what is the principal value in the life, the poetry.

The artist does not really create; he discovers.

Smee, you are a supreme idjit." "Aye, Cap'n.