The Individual Is At The Apex Of

Man Has Risen So Far Above All Other Species That He Competes In Ways Unique In Nature. He Fights By Means Of Complicated Weapons; He Fights For Ends Remote In Time.

Any Coward Can Sit In His Home And Criticize A Pilot For Flying Into A Mountain In A Fog. But I Would Rather, By Far, Die On A Mountainside Than In Bed. What Kind Of Man Would Live Where There Is No Daring? And Is Life So Dear That We Should Blame Men For Dying In Adventure? Is There A Better Way To Die?

Man Must Feel The Earth To Know Himself And Recognize His Values. God Made Life Simple. It Is Man Who Complicates It.

At First You Can Stand The Spotlight In Your Eyes. Then It Blinds You. Others Can See You, But You Cannot See Them.

I Grow Aware Of Various Forms Of Man And Of Myself. I Am Form And I Am Formless, I Am Life And I Am Matter, Mortal And Immortal. I Am One And Many -- Myself And Humanity In Flux.