Training is principally an act of faith. The athlete must believe in its efficacy; he must believe that through training he will… — Franz Stampfl Copy Share Image
Feel eternity around you. Not as an idea, not as a nice intellectualization, but to really feel it; not to be some… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
As so often before, liberty has been wounded in the house of its friends. Liberty in the wild and freakish hands of… — Otto Hermann Kahn Copy Share Image
You don't have to be Sigmund Freud to surmise that war has a perverse appeal for the human race, nor is the… — Ellen Willis Copy Share Image
“It's of no consequence, what the monkeys feel; xenophobia belongs in DSM, not in democracy. Bible, Torah, Gita, Koran, all are welcome,… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“After a few generations of warfare, though, the fanatics were either killed along with their backups, or were persuaded to modify their… — Walter Jon Williams Copy Share Image
It was tough getting fired by the NBA. I really didn't know where I was going, until [ESPN] called me. I said,… — Dick Vitale Copy Share Image
“Don't assume you understand Naskar, unless you've left your seat to the elderly on a bus, joined the religious festivities of a… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
The demand for certainty is one which is natural to man, but is nevertheless an intellectual vice. So long as men are… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Fanatics end by subverting their own argument. For instance, animal rights activists have some point, and many people feel sympathy with them.… — Douglas Murray Copy Share Image
Be a half-assed crusader, a part-time fanatic. Don't worry to much about the fate of the world. Saving the world is only… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Mere human beings cant afford to be fanatical about anything. Not even about justice or loyalty. The fanatic for justice ends by… — Storm Jameson Copy Share Image
I always disagree, however, when people end up saying that we can only combat Communism, Fascism or what not if we develop… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
But in almost every province of the Roman world, an army of fanatics, without authority and without discipline, invaded the peaceful inhabitants;… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image