The essence of life, I concluded, did not lie in the material. It penetrated, but was not bound to, the physical world of science.

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.

I don't regret the things I done. I regret not doing things when I had the chance.

If we an become still and open-minded, we might all feel the unseen comforting hand on our shoulder letting us know we are not alone.

Get out of your own way... What we call 'lack of willpower' is actually just losing an argument with an outdated version of yourself.

We Christians must simplify our lives or lose untold treasures on earth and in eternity.

You go through so much with the heartache, the pain, the nonsense, the games, and it's easy to lose sight of the possibility of love.

The secret teaching was the bodhisattva ideal, to live for others, for the welfare of all beings. That's enlightenment, not some flashy state of luminosity.

What is a gathering without unseemly drunkenness?

There's always going to be a separate version of you that people will create, and you have no control over it.

The concentration and dedication- the intangibles are the deciding factors between who won and who lost.

When a person opens a book, he can never be in prison.