“I have seen the science I worshiped, and the aircraft I loved, destroying the civilization I expected them to serve.”

“Real freedom lies in wildness, not in civilization.”

“To be absolutely alone for the first time in the cockpit of a plane hundreds of feet above the ground is an experience never to be forgotten.”

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

“Flying a good airplane doesn't require near as much attention as a motor car.”

“We must learn from the sermons of Christ, the wisdom of Laotzu, the teachings of Buddha.”

“Life is a culmination of the past, an awareness of the present, an indication of a future beyond knowledge, the quality that gives a touch of divinity to matter.”

“After my death, the molecules of my being will return to the earth and the sky. They came from the stars. I am of the stars.”

“Tolerance is a virtue that depends upon peace and strength.”

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

“I have seen the science I worshiped, and the aircraft I loved, destroying the civilization I expected them to serve.”