It isn't often that a writer of superlative skills knows enough about flying to write well about it.

He wasn't aware of it but when he smiled he looked like an amiable bear. When he didn't smile he didn't look amiable

The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.

You are born to rule or to be ruled. It’s for you to decide which path to choose.

I teach that all men are mad.

Warfarin is the drug the medical community loves to hate.

I began to understand my sensations, to know what I wanted, at around the age of forty - but only vaguely.

Once you know who you are and to whom you are linked, you will know what to do

The will to do, the tenacity to overcome all obstacles and to finish the course, the strength to cling to inexorable ideals, are all rooted in courage.

Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it.

Humanity is lost because people have abandoned using their conscience as their compass.