There are some things that can be learned by the head, but Christ crucified can only be learned by the heart
Sri Chinmoy brings Heaven to me. He inspires everyone to be happy. He deserves the biggest gold medal.
If you want to run, run a mile. If you want to experience a different life, run a marathon.
When a person trains once, nothing happens. When a person forces himself to do a thing a hundred or a thousand times, then he certainly has developed in more ways than physical. Is it raining? That doesn't matter. Am I tired? That doesn't matter either. Then willpower will be no problem.
An athlete cannot run with money in his pockets. He must run with hope in his heart and dreams in his head.
A runner must run with dreams in his heart.
There is a great advantage in training under unfavorable conditions. It is better to train under bad conditions, for the difference is then a tremendous relief in a race.
These are true felicities. No joy beyond these joys. Love is the only ecstasy, everything else weeps
After a while, we start really believing these things are true. People who have had self-defeating behaviors for a long time, such as people who have been overweight since they were children or people with longtime addictions, actually believe there is no other alternative.
Words are most malignant, the most treacherous possession of mankind. They are saturated with the sorrows of all time.
[James Bond's qualities of] self-containment, his powers of decision, his ability to carry on through till the end and to survive. . . I like to think I acquired them before Bond.