"The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well."

-- Pierre de Coubertin

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“According to Inuit culture in Greenland, a person possesses six or seven souls. The souls take the form of tiny people scattered throughout the body.”
“I am not antigovernment. I would not run a campaign against government.”
“Discipline is doing within, while you do without.”
“For language to have meaning, there must be intervals of silence somewhere, to divide word from word and utterance from utterance. He who retires into silence does not necessarily hate language. Perhaps it is love and respect for language which imposes silence upon him. For the mercy of God is not heard in words unless it is heard, both before and after the words are spoken, in silence,”
“Man is a creature of a willful head, And hardly driven is, but eas'ly led.”
“It's called political economy because it is has nothing to do with either politics or economy.”
“The leader seeks to communicate his vision to his followers. He captures their attention with his optimistic intuition of possible solutions to their needs. He influences them by the dynamism of his faith.”

Source : John Edmund Haggai (1986). “Lead on!: leadership that endures in a changing world”, W Publishing Group
“Contrology (Pilates) is complete coordination of body, mind, and spirit. Through Contrology you first purposefully acquire complete control of your own body and then through proper repetition of its exercises you gradually and progressively acquire that natural rhythm and coordination associated with all your subconscious activities.”

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