Quotes on Flying

Meditation, witnessing, silently sitting and looking at the mind, will be of much help. Not forcing, simply sitting and looking. Not doing much, just watching as one watches birds flying in the sky. Just Lying down on the ground and watching, nothing to do, indifferent. Not your concern really, where they are going; they are going on their own.

I thought the attractions of being an astronaut were actually, not so much the Moon, but flying in a completely new medium.

I have found adventure in flying, in world travel, in business, and even close at hand... Adventure is a state of mind and spirit.

Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

Whether outwardly or inwardly, whether in space or time, the farther we penetrate the unknown, the vaster and more marvelous it becomes.

For most gulls it was not flying that matters, but eating. For this gull, though, it was not eating that mattered, but flight.

The river is moving. The blackbird must be flying.

Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly.

I can't help flying up on the wings of anticipation. It's as glorious as soaring through a sunset... almost pays for the thud.