Olympism is a way of life based on respect for human dignity and fundamental universal ethical principles, on the joy of effort and participation, on the educational role of good example, a way of life based on mutual understanding.
Olympism tends to bring together as in a beam of light all those moral principles which promote human perfection.
IOA - Official Website of The International Olympic Academy. THE OLYMPIC MOVEMENT. Olympism is a philosophy of life, where blending sport and culture with art and education aims to combine in a balanced whole the human qualities of body, will and mind.