Not long ago, when I was a student in college, just flying an airplane seemed a dream. But that dream turned into reality.

Pilots are drawn to flying because it's a perfect combination of science, romance and adventure.

Man is a mixture of desires that extend beyond his knowledge and often result in action conflicting with rationality.

The improvement of our way of life is more important than the spreading of it. If we make it satisfactory enough, it will spread automatically. If we do not, no strength of arms can permanently oppose it.

If one took no chances, one would not fly at all. Safety lies in the judgment of the chances one takes.

As civilization advances, man grows unconscious of the primitive elements of life; he is separated from them by his perfection of material techniques.

Life is like a landscape. You live in the midst of it but can describe it only from the vantage point of distance.