Johan

“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional. Say you’re running and you start to think, Man this hurts, I can’t take it anymore. The hurt part is an unavoidable reality, but whether or not you can stand any more is up to the runner himself. This pretty much sums up the most important aspect of marathon running.”
― Haruki Murakami, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running: The book that made Harry Styles believe he could run a marathon

“true act of love, on the other hand, requires hard work and patience, and, for some, it is a whole way of life. But”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

“Dostoevski said once, “There is only one thing that I dread: not to be worthy of my sufferings.”
― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning

“A man who lies to himself, and believes his own lies, becomes unable to recognize truth, either in himself or in anyone else, and he ends up losing respect for himself as well as for others.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov