In a city a man may feel second to none. But alone in the immensity of the universe, among all the creatures that preceded man and built up the human species, even a most fervent atheist will wonder if Darwin found the visible road but not the invisible mechanism.

I also believe that when one dies, one may wake up to the reality that proves that time does not exist.

It is progress when weapons are improved to kill more people at a longer range.

It is also rarer to find happiness in a man surrounded by the miracles of technology than among people living in the desert of the jungle and who by the standards set by our society would be considered destitute and out of touch.

We have always been taught that navigation is the result of civilization, but modern archeology has demonstrated very clearly that this is not so.

...arranging the journey was so difficult. Getting home again was much easier.

Any scientist can testify that a dead ocean means a dead planet .... No national law, no national precautions can save the planet. The ocean, more than any other part of our planet, ... is a classic example of the absolute need for international global action.