More From Pierre de Coubertin
- "The day when a sportsman stops thinking above all else of the happiness in his own effort and the intoxication of the power and physical balance he derives from it, the day when he lets considerations of vanity or interest take over, on this day his ideal will die."
- "All sports must be treated on the basis of equality."
- "May joy and good fellowship reign, and in this manner, may the Olympic Torch pursue its way through ages, increasing friendly understanding among nations, for the good of a humanity always more enthusiastic, more courageous and more pure."
More In Religion
- "Every major religion today is a winner in the Darwinian struggle waged among cultures, and none ever flourished by tolerating its rivals."― E. O. Wilson
- "We know too much, and are convinced of too little. Our literature is a substitute for religion, and so is our religion."― T. S. Eliot
- "I’ve never really had a hobby, unless you count art, which the IRS once told me I had to declare as a hobby since I hadn’t made money with it."― Laurie Anderson