You can hurt more than you ever thought possible, then continue until you discover that hurting isn't that big a deal.

As powerful as our legs are, as magnificent as our lungs and arms and muscles are, nothing matters more than the mind.

It's a hard, simple calculus: Run until you can't run anymore. Then run some more. Find a new source of energy and will. Then run even faster.

Rational assessments too often led to rational surrenders.

Every single one of us possesses the strength to attempt something he isn't sure he can accomplish.

We strive toward a goal, and whether we achieve it or not is important, but it's not what's most important. What matters is how we move toward that goal.

The point was living with grace, decency, and attention to the world, and breaking free of the artificial constructs in your own life.

Train where your fitness is NOW, not where you want to be.

What we eat is a matter of life and death.

Nature's arena has a way of humbling and energizing us.

Only the most saintly and delusional among us welcomes all pain as challenge, perceives all loss as harsh blessing.

If you think you are powerless, then you are

The difference between doing something and not doing something is doing something.

It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that the submerged truth sometimes comes to the top.

Fundamental progress has to do with the reinterpretation of basic ideas.

Incorrect assumptions lie at the root of every failure. Have the courage to test your assumptions.

[A] military force was collected in Europe, formidable by their arms and numbers, if the generals had understood the science of command, and the soldiers the duty of obedience.

To no human charter am I indebted for my rights.

I'm impatient sometimes.

One of two things is usually lacking in the so-called Philosophy of Art: either philosophy or art.

A lot of things come together to make up a song. It's just images.