"In theory, cars are fairly simple. If they don't start, it's either the fuel system or the electrical system. Teach yourself about the path of each in your engine and tracing it is fairly straightforward. But at the beginning, mastering each new system seems like an unreachable shore. The car is effectively a black box."

“If any young man wants to be a true temperance man let him go and get the delirium tremens, that'll settle it.”

“Watch every tendency towards militarism, for we know that preparation for war leads to war.”

Source : Said at the opening of the Canadian National Exhibition. The Globe, p. 1, August 29, 1906.

“In history the way of annihilation is invariably prepared by inward degeneration, by decrease of life. Only then can a shock from outside put an end to the whole.”

Source : Jacob Burckhardt (1964). “Force and Freedom: Reflections on History”, New York : Pantheon Books

“Action learning particularly obliges subjects to become aware of their own value systems, by demanding that the real problems tackled carry some risk of personal failure.”

“I hoped we never had to realize all the opportunities we missed in this life.”

“I'm not a standup. I didn't start off as a writer, I learned to write through improvisation, and so that's the part of the show that can most surprise me. The written part of the show, I know I can get wrong. You can't really get the interview "wrong."”

“It's difficult to change overnight but if you are persistent and take one step at a time you will see results!”

“We wouldn't be alive without love we wouldn't have survived without running maybe we shouldn't be surprised that getting better at one could make you better at the other.”

Source : Christopher McDougall (2010). “Born to Run: The hidden tribe, the ultra-runners, and the greatest race the world has never seen”, p.98, Profile Books