I began to feel that I lived on a higher plane than the skeptics of the ground; one that was richer because of its very association with the element of danger they dreaded, because it was freer of the earth to which they were bound. In flying, I tasted a wine of the gods of which they could know nothing. Who valued life more highly, the aviators who spent it on the art they loved, or these misers who doled it out like pennies through their antlike days? I decided that if I could fly for ten years before I was killed in a crash, it would be a worthwhile trade for an ordinary life time.
God made life simple. It is man who complicates it. - Charles Lindbergh
God made life simple. It is man who complicates it.
- Charles Lindbergh
Unless science is controlled by a greater moral force, it will become the Antichrist prophesied by the early Christians. - Charles Lindbergh
Unless science is controlled by a greater moral force, it will become the Antichrist prophesied by the early Christians.
The Jews are one of the principle forces attempting to lead the U.S. into the war. The Jews greatest danger to this country lies in their large owner… - Charles Lindbergh
The Jews are one of the principle forces attempting to lead the U.S. into the war. The Jews greatest danger to this country lies in their large owner…
In a time of war, truth is always replaced by propaganda. - Charles Lindbergh
In a time of war, truth is always replaced by propaganda.
Life without risks is not worth living. - Charles Lindbergh
Life without risks is not worth living.
Pilots are drawn to flying because it's a perfect combination of science, romance and adventure. - Charles Lindbergh
Pilots are drawn to flying because it's a perfect combination of science, romance and adventure.
A great industrial nation may conquer the world in the span of a single life, but its Achilles' heel is time. Its children, what of them? - Charles Lindbergh
A great industrial nation may conquer the world in the span of a single life, but its Achilles' heel is time. Its children, what of them?
If one took no chances, one would not fly at all. Safety lies in the judgment of the chances one takes. - Charles Lindbergh
If one took no chances, one would not fly at all. Safety lies in the judgment of the chances one takes.
A certain amount of danger is essential to the quality of life. - Charles Lindbergh
A certain amount of danger is essential to the quality of life.
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