"In the midst of difficulties we are always ready to seize an advantage, we may extricate ourselves from misfortune."

“Since I was forty and definitely slipping, I have won seven full marathons, got second six times, and third four times.... I'm wondering what I can do after I'm fifty.”

Source : Clarence DeMar (2016). “Marathon: Autobiography of Clarence Demar- America's Grandfather of Running”, p.143, BookBaby

“The obvious can sometimes be illuminating when perceived in an unhabitual way.”

“Be outrageous enough to trust God. Don't be adjusting your vision downward. Keep believing for radical things in Christ.”

Source : FaceBook post by Brian Houston from Feb 05, 2013

“I was raised that way: don't get mad, get smart.”

Source : "Post-Racial America? Not Yet, Civil Rights Legend Andrew Young Says" by Devin Dwyer, abcnews.go.com. May 25, 2010.

“Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody.”

Source : Jane Jacobs (2016). “The Death and Life of Great American Cities”, p.238, Vintage

“It's not that easy to find someone I can relate too. I'm tough to crack because I'm shy.”

“Just like becoming an expert in wine, you learn by drinking it, the best you can afford.”

“Whether religious or racial, anti-Semitism is always repugnant, one of the most destructive manifestations of human stupidity and evil. What is profoundly expressed in it is man's traditional mistrust of the man who is not part of his tribe, that 'other' who speaks a different language, whose skin is a different color, and who participates in mysterious rites and rituals.”