Man must feel the earth to know himself and recognize his values. God made life simple. It is man who complicates it.

When I watch species other than my own, their instinct's wisdom is what most impresses and disturbs me.

Science intensifies religious truth by cleansing it of ignorance and superstition.

Consciousness grows independent of the ordinary senses.

Why should anyone think a white skin superior in evaluating the qualities of human life? I did not really admire a white skin so much myself. Did I not prefer the brown skin that came with exposure to the sun?

The life of an aviator seemed to me ideal. It involved skill. It brought adventure. It made use of the latest developments of science. Mechanical engineers were fettered to factories and drafting boards while pilots have the freedom of wind with the expanse of sky. There were times in an aeroplane when it seemed I had escaped mortality to look down on earth like a God.

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