In the long run men hit only what they aim at. I must create a system, or be enslav'd by another man's. The highest and best form of efficiency is the spontaneous cooperation of a free people. Perfection never exists in reality but only in our dreams and, if we are foolish enough to think so, in the past. The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present.
Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.
We shall never forget them nor the last time we saw them, as they prepared for their mission and waved good-bye and slipped the surly bonds of Earth to touch the face of God. Hov'ring there, I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung My eager craft through footless halls of air. The high untrespassed sanctity of space, Put out my hand, and touched the face of God. Queen Isabella of Spain later funded the project. Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.