True, the fragile bodies of his fellows do not weigh down his plane; true, the fretful minds of weaker men are missing… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
Man is a mixture of desires that extend beyond his knowledge and often result in action conflicting with rationality. — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
If we can combine our knowledge of science with the wisdom of wildness, if we can nurture civilization through roots in the… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
Success is not measured by what a man accomplishes, but by the opposition he has encountered and the courage with which he… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
What kind of man would live a life without daring? Is life so sweet that we should criticize men that seek adventure?… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
Ideas are like seeds, apparently insignificant when first held in the hand. Once firmly planted, they can grow and flower into almost… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
Any coward can sit in his home and criticize a pilot for flying into a mountain in a fog. But I would… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
If we can combine our knowledge of science with the wisdom of wildness, if we can nurture civilization through roots in the… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
After reading ... accounts ... of minor accidents of light, it is little wonder that the average man would far rather watch… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
Why does one want to walk wings? Why force one's body from a plane to make a parachute jump? Why should man… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
Sometimes, flying feels too godlike to be attained by man. Sometimes, the world from above seems too beautiful, too wonderful, too distant… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
By day, or on a cloudless night, a pilot may drink the wine of the gods, but it has an earthly taste;… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
The forces of Hannibal, Drake and Napoleon moved at best with the horses' gallop or the speed of wind on sail. Now,… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
Is cruelty a moral judgment if it is fundamental to forms of life? Who is man to say that the workings of… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
Here was a place where men and life and death had reached the lowest form of degradation. How could any reward in… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
How long can men thrive between walls of brick, walking on asphalt pavements, breathing the fumes of coal and oil, growing, working,… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
[I] grew up as a disciple of science. I know its fascination. I have felt the godlike power man derives from his… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
Whatever a man imagines he can attain, if he doesn't become too arrogant and encroach on the rights of the gods. — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
I grow aware of various forms of man and of myself. I am form and I am formless, I am life and… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
As civilization advances, man grows unconscious of the primitive elements of life; he is separated from them by his perfection of material… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
Lying under an acacia tree with the sound of the dawn around me, I realized more clearly the facts that man should… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
I believe that for permanent survival, man must balance science with other qualities of life, qualities of body and spirit as well… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
The idea of racial inferiority or superiority is foreign to me. I can't feel inferior or superior to another man because of… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
I can't get used to the ease with which one covers the world today. It's no longer an effort--Pole--equator--oceans--continents--it's just a question… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
Man has risen so far above all other species that he competes in ways unique in nature. He fights by means of… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
Shut your eyes and you will know what I mean by thought entombed in darkness. Light comes through the senses, and not only through… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
If I were entering adulthood now instead of in the environment of fifty years ago, I would choose a career that kept me in… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
Why should anyone think a white skin superior in evaluating the qualities of human life? I did not really admire a white skin so… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
True, the fragile bodies of his fellows do not weigh down his plane; true, the fretful minds of weaker men are missing from his… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
Air power is new to all our countries. It brings advantages to some and weakens others; it calls for readjustment everywhere. — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
Instead of agitating for war, the Jewish groups in this country should be opposing it in every possible way, for they will be among… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
When I watch species other than my own, their instinct's wisdom is what most impresses and disturbs me. — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
My aging body transmits an ageless life stream. Molecular and atomic replacement change life's composition. Molecules take part in structure and in training, countless… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
At the end of the first half-century of engine-driven flight, we are confronted with the stark fact that the historical significance of aircraft has… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
Under the federal reserve act, panics are scientifically created. The present panic is the first scientifically created one, worked out as we figured, a… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image