After my death, the molecules of my being will return to the earth and sky. They came from the stars. I am of the stars.
Charles LindberghPilots are drawn to flying because it's a perfect combination of science, romance and adventure.
Charles LindberghOur survival, the future of our civilization, possibly the existence of mankind, depends on American leadership
Charles LindberghShut your eyes and you will know what I mean by thought entombed in darkness. Light comes through the senses, and not only through the sense of sight. When you see without feeling, you are still partly blind; you lack the inner light that brings awareness. Awareness requires the interplay of every faculty, the use of your entire being as an eye.
Charles LindberghSometimes, flying feels too godlike to be attained by man. Sometimes, the world from above seems too beautiful, too wonderful, too distant for human eyes to see .
Charles LindberghTrue, the fragile bodies of his fellows do not weigh down his plane; true, the fretful minds of weaker men are missing from his crowded cabin; but as his airship keeps its course he holds communion with those rare spirits that inspire to intrepidity and by their sustaining potency give strength to arm, resource to mind, content to soul. Alone? With what other companions would man fly to whom the choice were given?
Charles Lindbergh