Science built the Academy, superstition the Inquisition.
The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.
My athleticism was really the core to social acceptance, because in those days the overwhelming number of students came from more of a public school background than I did.
I was always a great bundle of energy. As a child, instead of walking, I would run. And so running, which is a pain to a lot of people, was always a pleasure to me because it was so easy.
My concentration was really on getting to university and becoming a doctor. My parents let me know that school marks were important. Achievement was something which came by hard work.
The mile has all the elements of a drama.
If there was the opportunity to climb a mountain, or to go ballooning, or some adventurous activity, I would always be keen to do it. I loved the countryside.
What you resist persists. And only what you look at, and own, can disappear. You make it disappear by simply changing your mind about it.
What if. . . ? A question we ask to hurt ourselves.
In a total work, the failures have their not unimportant place.
Star Wars' is a galaxy a long time ago, far, far away. 'Star Wars' is not about our future.