By now it is evident that the Soviet Union must gain control of Europe to maintain its empire.
You have to forget your last marathon before you try another. Your mind can't know what's coming.
Running with others can help get you out when you might otherwise blow it off.
I admire runners older than I - they are now my heroes. I want to be like them as I grow older.
Why couldn't Pheidippides have died at 20 miles?
You have to know your body. It's part of the beauty of the training process, and once you've determined how much your body and mind can take, you can then begin to reach your potential.
Running a marathon is just like reading a good book. After a while you're just not conscious of the physical act of reading.
The satirical direction I have chosen is an indication of my disappointment in man, which is the opposite way of saying that I have high expectations for the human race.
Look to be treated by others as you have treated others.
Nietzsche seems sometimes to replace the "transcendence" which stands at the center of traditional accounts the existence of a transcendent God, or, failing that, a transcendental viewpoint with that of a continually transcending activity. . . . There is no single, final perspective, but given any one perspective, we can always go beyond it.
In free society art is not a weapon. . . Artists are not engineers of the soul.