It is penance to work, to give oneself to others, to endure the pinpricks of community living.
When you put yourself on the line in a race and expose yourself to the unknown, you learn things about yourself that are very exciting.
Running is a road to self-awareness and reliance-you can push yourself to extremes and learn the harsh reality of your physical and mental limitations or coast quietly down a solitary path watching the earth spin beneath your feet.
When you love to run and you train hard enough to really feel it, running is all about freedom. Also, I find that sharing the value of our sport is very important. When I think back on my life, it isn't the winning that I remember so much, it's the people who I met through running.
So quiet. . . it's like. . . all the sounds in the world. . . have been stopped. . . only you scent. . . in the deepest part of my heart. . . echoing.
Truth is a necessary phantom.
There are three forces, the only three forces capable of conquering and enslaving forever the conscience of these weak rebels in the interests of their own happiness. They are: the miracle, the mystery and authority.
Every society in the history of man has upheld the institution of marriage as a bond between a man and a woman. Why? Because society is based on one thing: that society is based on the future of the society. And that's what? Children. Monogamous relationships.