“Isn't it strange that we talk least about the things we think about most?”

“In wilderness I sense the miracle of life, and behind it our scientific accomplishments fade to trivia.”

“I have seen the science I worshiped, and the aircraft I loved, destroying the civilization I expected them to serve.”

“Tolerance is a virtue that depends upon peace and strength.”

“After my death, the molecules of my being will return to the earth and the sky. They came from the stars. I am of the stars.”

“Life is a culmination of the past, an awareness of the present, an indication of a future beyond knowledge, the quality that gives a touch of divinity to matter.”

“Justice is the only worship.Love is the only priest.Ignorance is the only slavery.Happiness is the only good.The time to be happy is now,The place to be happy is here,The way to be happy is to make...”

“Be a good human.”

“Our country in general assumes that "the pursuit of happiness" really means "the pursuit of pleasure" and that therefore pleasure is the greatest good.”

“We fly, but we have not 'conquered' the air. Nature presides in all her dignity, permitting us the study and the use of such of her forces as we may understand. It is when we presume to intimacy, h...”

“People have to forgive. We don't have to like them, we don't have to be friends with them, we don't have to send them hearts in text messages, but we have to forgive them, to overlook, to forget. B...”

“Q: You'er presented with a smooth-faced, eight-foot-high wooden wall. Your objective? Get over it. To, like, save comrades or something. How to accomplish this?A: Take a running start, brace one fo...”

“When everything seems to be going wrong with you, you must remember the airplane takes off against the wind”

“There is truly no other place bearing so much love as airports.”

“I continuously see myself on an airplane that has unlimited fuel. I go here and there but can't stop. Always flying over my destination. I've come to realize I must jump off with my parachute on of...”