"It's human nature to stretch, to go, to see, to understand. Exploration is not a choice, really; it's an imperative." - Michael Collins
"Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome." - Isaac Asimov
"If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe." - Carl Sagan
"Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance." - Will Durant
"Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal." - Henry Ford
"It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity." - Albert Einstein
"While the other animals are prone and fix their gaze on the earth, the god gave man a face uplifted, bade him stand erect and turn his eyes to the stars." - Publius Ovidius Naso
"To win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the highest skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting, is the highest skill." - Sun Tsu
"Mother, I saw a dream in the night. There were stars in the sky for me." - The Epic of Gilgamesh
"Tell me, o Muse, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide..." - Homer's Odyssey