I think the one overwhelming emotion that we had was when we saw the earth rising in the … - Frank Borman

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Try to put in the hearts of your children a love for home. Make them long to be with their families. So much sin could be avoided if our people really loved their homes.

Frank Borman

I think the one overwhelming emotion that we had was when we saw the earth rising in the distance over the lunar landscape. . . . It makes us realize that we all do exist on one small globe. For from 230,000 miles away it really is a small planet.

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When you're finally up on the moon, looking back at the earth, all these differences and nationalistic traits are pretty well going to blend and you're going to get a concept that maybe this is really one world and why the hell can't we learn to live together like decent people?

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Give us, O God, the vision which can see Your love in the world in spite of human failure. Give us the faith to trust Your goodness in spite of our ignorance and weakness. Give us the knowledge that we may continue to pray with understanding hearts. And show us what each one of us can do to set forward the coming of the day of universal peace.

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A superior pilot uses his superior judgment to avoid situations which require the use of his superior skill.

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Exploration is really the essence of the human spirit.

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The view of the Earth from the Moon fascinated me -- a small disk, 240,000 miles away. . . . Raging nationalistic interests, famines, wars, pestilence, don't show from that distance.

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