"Looking at the earth from a far you realize it is too small for conflict and just big enough for co-operation."

"I became infected with a new disease, a disease the medicine has not yet found a name for—the irresistible urge to reach outer space. It was a vague, not fully recognized feeling, but it remained with…"

"I looked and looked but I didn't see God."

"I hope that my flight will help people to understand that we are all on one planet, and we should live in peace."

"The feeling of weightlessness was somewhat unfamiliar compared to Earth conditions. Here, you feel as if you are suspended in a horizontal position."