Flyers have a sense of adventures yet to come, instead of dimly recalling adventures of long ago as the only moments in which they truly lived.
There is a sense of oneness that from time to time I’m aware of in my life. Certainly not all the time, and there are times when I get frightened and when I get upset. But at the best of times, it’s a personal oneness.
There is no such thing as a problem without a gift.
And like no other sculpture in the history of art, the dead engine and dead airframe come to life at the touch of a human hand, and join their life with the pilot’s own.
One of the cosmic laws, I think, is that whatever we hold in our thought will come true in our experience.
Compelling reason will never convince blinding emotion.
I want to be very close to someone I respect and admire and have somebody who feels the same way about me.
That’s what learning is, after all; not whether we lose the game, but how we lose and how we’ve changed because of it, and what we take away from it that we never had before, to apply to other games. Losing, in a curious way is winning.
Why had such a promising world been crucified on the tree of obligation, thorned by duties, hanged by hypocrisy, smothered by customs?
Boredom between two people doesn’t come from being together physically. It comes from being apart mentally and spiritually.
That’s why love stories don’t have endings! They don’t have endings because love doesn’t end.
It’s not when you start that makes your success in the world, but when you quit.
There are grand rewards for those who pick the high hard roads, but those rewards are hidden by years.
Look in the mirror and one thing is sure: what we see is not who we are.
He was not bone and feather but a perfect idea of freedom and flight, limited by nothing at all.
If you will practice being fictional for a while, you will understand that fictional characters are sometimes more real than people with bodies and heartbeats.
The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it.
Avoid problems, and you’ll never be the one who overcame them.
Some choices we live not only once but a thousand times over, remembering them for the rest of our lives.
Ask yourself the secret of your success. Listen to your answer, and practice it.