At the end only two things really matter to a man, regardless of who he is; and they are the affection and understanding of his family. Anything and everything else he creates are insubstantial; they are ships given over to… — Richard E. Byrd Copy Share
A static hero is a public liability. Progress grows out of motion. — Richard E. Byrd Copy Share Image
“15. "Few men during their lifetime comes anywhere near exhausting the resources dwelling within them. There are deep wells of strength that are never… — Richard E. Byrd Copy Share Image
The human race, my intuition tells me, is not outside the cosmic process and is not an accident. It is as much a part… — Richard E. Byrd Copy Share Image
What I had not counted on was discovering how closely a man could come to dying and still not die, or want to die. That, too, was mine; and it also is to the good. For that experience resolved proportions and relationships for me as nothing else could have done; and it is surprising, approaching the final enlightenment, how little… — Richard E. Byrd Copy Share
“Half the confusion in the world comes from not knowing how little we need.” — Richard E. Byrd Copy Share Image
Christianity has not failed. It is simply that nations have failed to try it. There would be no war in a God-directed world. — Richard E. Byrd Copy Share Image
At the end only two things really matter to a man, regardless of who he is; and they are the affection and understanding of his family. Anything and everything else he creates are insubstantial; they are ships given over to the mercy of the winds and tides of prejudice. but the family is an everlasting anchorage, a quiet harbor where… — Richard E. Byrd Copy Share
I paused to listen to the silence. My breath, crystallized as it passed my cheeks, drifted on a breeze gentler than a whisper. The wind vane pointed toward the South Pole. Presently the wind cups ceased their gentle turning as the cold killed the breeze. My frozen breath hung like a cloud overhead. The day was dying, the night was… — Richard E. Byrd Copy Share
A discordant mind, black with confusion and despair, would finish me off as thoroughly as the cold. — Richard E. Byrd Copy Share Image
The human race cannot go forward without liberty. If this be correct, then all people everywhere should strive for liberty. If they achieve liberty,… — Richard E. Byrd Copy Share Image
