Various quotes regarding Wisdom.
"There was a startling recognition that the nature of the universe was not as I had been taught… I not only saw the connectedness, I felt it.… I was overwhelmed with the sensation of physically and mentally extending out into the cosmos. I realized that this was a biological response of my brain attempting to reorganize and give meaning to information about the wonderful and awesome processes that I was privileged to view." ~ Edgar Mitchell
Album | Quotes |
Category | Astronaut Quotes |
Uploaded | February 14, 2018 |
"You see how diminutive your life and concerns are compared to other things in the universe… The result is that you enjoy the life that is before you… It allows you to have inner peace." ~ Edward Gibson
Album | Quotes |
Category | Astronaut Quotes |
Uploaded | February 14, 2018 |
My mental boundaries expanded when I viewed the Earth against a black and uninviting vacuum, yet my country's rich traditions had conditioned me to look beyond man-made boundaries and prejudices. One does not have to undertake a space flight to come by this feeling. ~ Rakesh Sharma
Album | Quotes |
Category | Astronaut Quotes |
Uploaded | February 14, 2018 |
"It was like drinking from a fire hose of information...I had heard of the Overview Effect but, having done many extreme things in my life...skydiving, mountain climbing, visiting the Titanic and Antarctica, I didn't think it would greatly affect me... That is until... I got into space! My life has changed because of my space experience." ~ Richard Garriott
Album | Quotes |
Category | Astronaut Quotes |
Uploaded | February 14, 2018 |
A Chinese tale tells of some men sent to harm a young girl who, upon seeing her beauty, become her protectors rather than her violators. That's how I felt seeing the Earth for the first time. I could not help but love and cherish her. ~ Taylor Wang
Album | Quotes |
Category | Astronaut Quotes |
Uploaded | February 14, 2018 |
“On my four space shuttle flights… I struggled constantly to make sense of an avalanche of new sensations and perceptions.” ~ Thomas Jones
Album | Quotes |
Category | Astronaut Quotes |
Uploaded | February 14, 2018 |
“I saw for the first time the earth's shape. I could easily see the shores of continents, islands, great rivers, folds of the terrain, large bodies of water. The horizon is dark blue, smoothly turning to black... the feelings which filled me I can express with one word-joy.” ~ Yuri Gagarin
Album | Quotes |
Category | Astronaut Quotes |
Uploaded | February 14, 2018 |