To be a true Progressive it is not sufficient to stand up and say that one belives in what has been promulgated as progressive principles. One must be progressive in heart and active in promoting the progressive principles of today, tomorrow and always. There is no resting point, for humanity is ever ascending to a higher and better goal.

[I] grew up as a disciple of science. I know its fascination. I have felt the godlike power man derives from his machines.

Consciousness grows independent of the ordinary senses.

I don't believe in taking foolish chances, but nothing can be accomplished if we don't take any chances at all.

I decided that if I could fly for ten years before I was killed in a crash, it would be a worthwhile trade for an ordinary life time.

Any coward can sit in his home and criticize a pilot for flying into a mountain in a fog. But I would rather, by far, die on a mountainside than in bed. What kind of man would live where there is no daring? And is life so dear that we should blame men for dying in adventure? Is there a better way to die?

Isn't it strange that we talk least about the things we think about most?