So why do I talk about the benefits of failure? Simply because failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was, and began to direct all my energy into finishing the only work that mattered to me.

一个地方的灵魂不在于它的纪念碑，而在于它的故事。

The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.

Olympism seeks to create a way of life based on the joy found in effort， the educational value of a good example and respect for universal fundamental ethical principles.

在生活中取得成功的方法是既不要抱怨也不要摸索，而是要尝试。

To love is to risk being destroyed. To not love is to destroy yourself.

In the new century, I think we will all be insane.