In a sailboat I become oblivious to everything else in the world.

Nature hides her secrets because of her essential loftiness, but not by means of ruse.

Man usually avoids attributing cleverness to somebody else unless it is an enemy.

If I had 20 days to solve a problem, I would take 19 days to define it

Check out not to become a man or woman of achievement, but instead seek to become a particular person of price.

I myself should also be dead already, but I am still here.

In my opinion there is no other salvation for civilization and even for the human race than the creation of a world government with security on the basis of law. As long as there are sovereign states with their separate armaments and armament secrets, new world wars cannot be avoided.