I believe the risks I take are justified by the sheer love of the life I lead.

The individual is at the apex of his species' past, at the entrance to its future.

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

Science, freedom, beauty, adventure: what more could you ask of life?

I realized that the future of aviation, to which I had devoted so much of my life, depended less on the perfection of aircraft than on preserving the epoch-evolved environment of life, and that this was true of all technological progress.

Life without risks is not worth living.

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