“The authentic rebel knows that the silencing of all his adversaries is the last thing on earth he wishes: their extermination would deprive him and whoever else remains alive from the uniqueness, the originality, and the capacity for insight that these enemies being human also have and could share with him. If we wish the death of our enemies, we cannot talk about the community of man. In the losing of the chance for dialogue with our enemies, we are the poorer.” IfsKnowsMenHumansEarthLastsWishCommunityChanceEnemyAliveShareLosingCapacityRemainsInsightDialogueRebelOriginalityUniquenessBeing HumanAdversariesExterminationSilencing Book:Power and Innocence: A Search for the Sources of Violence Source: Power and Innocence: A Search for the Sources of Violence
“I feel more like I'm a person who has so much to offer in different capacities that it would be a danger for me not to give myself a chance to spread my wings in all different directions.” GivingFeelsPersonsDifferentWould BeChanceDangerOffersCapacityWingsSpreadDifferent Directions Author:Alicia Keys
“When we give ourselves the chance to let go of all our tension, the body's natural capacity to heal itself can begin to work.” GivingBodyNaturalChanceLetting GoCapacitySurrenderHealTensionHeal Itself Author:Nhat Hanh
“During the first World War women in the United States had a chance to try their capacities in wider fields of executive leadershipin industry. Must we always wait for war to give us opportunity? And must the pendulum always swing back in the busy world of work and workers during times of peace?” WorldGivingTryingFirstsWarStatesOpportunityWaitingChanceUnitedUnited StatesFieldsIndustryCapacityWorkersBusyWar Of The WorldsExecutivesSwingsPendulumsFirst World War Author:Mary Barnett Gilson
“In all the known history of Mankind, advances have been made primarily in physical technology; in the capacity of handling the inanimate world about Man. Control of self and society has been left to to chance or to the vague gropings of intuitive ethical systems based on inspiration and emotion. As a result no culture of greater stability than about fifty-five percent has ever existed, and these only as the result of great human misery.” MenWorldHumansHas BeensMadeSelfInspirationCultureLeftChanceResultsEmotionKnownTechnologyFiveGreaterMankindPercentCapacityMiseryFiftyEthicalStabilityVagueIntuitive Book:The foundation trilogy: three classics of science fiction Source: The foundation trilogy: three classics of science fiction
“As far as U.S. intelligence knows, Iran is developing nuclear capacities, but they don't know if they are trying to develop nuclear weapons or not. Chances are they're developing what's called 'nuclear capability,' which many states have. That is the ability to have nuclear weapons if they decide to do it. That's not a crime.” IfsKnowsTryingStatesChanceAbilityCrimeWeaponsCapacityNuclearDevelopingIranCapabilityNuclear WeaponsChances Are Author:Noam Chomsky