What of the Wright boys in Dayton? Just around the corner they had a shop and did a bicycle business-and they wanted to fly for the sake of flying. They were Man the Seeker, Man on a Quest. Money was their last thought, their final absent-minded idea. They threw out a lot of old mistaken measurements and figured new ones that stood up when they took off and held the air and steered a course. They proved that "the faster you go the less power you need."

Our lives are like a candle in the wind.

There are some people who can receive a truth by no other way than to have their understanding shocked and insulted.

A baby is God's opinion that life should go on.

The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to.

Revolt and terror pay a price. Order and law have a cost.

If [America] forgets where she came from, if the people lose sight of what brought them along, if she listens to the deniers and mockers, then will begin the rot and dissolution.