All mentally well-balanced persons know that we are not governed by the true principals of social justice when we make the main aim of our social existence the gaining of money.

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.

Man keeps looking for a truth that fits his reality. Given our reality, the truth doesn't fit.

Fire is the test of gold adversity of strong men.

All the measures of the Government are directed to the purpose of making the rich richer and the poor poorer.

I didn't throw myself off my balcony only because I knew people would photograph me lying dead.

Prac­tice doesn’t make per­fect. It makes bet­ter.

Seek opportunity, not security. A boat in the harbor is safe, but in time its bottom will rot out.

Man is born to seek power, yet his actual condition makes him a slave to the power of others.

There is no pride on earth like the pride of intellect and science.

Strange, when you ask anyone's advice you see yourself what is right.

Wherever the enemy goes let our troops go also.