A certain amount of danger is essential to the quality of life.

If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes.

Success is not measured by what a man accomplishes, but by the opposition he has encountered and the courage with which he has maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.

Life without risks is not worth living.

Life is like a landscape. You live in the midst of it but can describe it only from the vantage point of distance.

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

Sometimes, 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 .

I would rather live one day in Maui than one month in New York.

In wilderness I sense the miracle of life, and behind it our scientific accomplishments fade to trivia.

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

Living in dreams of yesterday, we find ourselves still dreaming of impossible future conquests.

He was thinking what a long and wide thing time is, to have so many happenings in it.

Man is not the owner of mind but only a user. The nature owns mind, man hires only a small portion of it that too for a brief period.

The goal is not to get into a relationship; the goal is to be in a relationship.

Of course, the accumulation of wealth cannot be justified as the chief end of existence.

Good days, they come around the oddest corners.

What is that one crucifixion compared to the daily kind any insomniac endures?

When everyone agrees, someone is not thinking.

I have fallen a hopeless victim to the Turk; he is the most charming of mortals.

You've just gotta find your bliss and go after it.

Oh brother we are not worthy!