We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita. Vishnu is trying to persuade the prince that he should do his duty, and to impress him takes on his multi-armed form and says, ‘Now I am become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds.’ I supposed we all thought that, one way or another.

J. Robert Oppenheimer

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You know, that the initial blast was so bright that it just left shadows. The flash just sealed them on parkbenches, on schoolyards, on sidewalks. Still there.

Jonathan M. Nash. A Beautiful Mind (2001, deleted scene)

“Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph.”

attributed to Haile Selassie I

“Moor your craft higher up than the enemy, and facing the sun. Do not move up-stream to meet the enemy. So much for river warfare.”

Sun Tzu’s The Art of War, 9.6: The Army and the March.

Haile Selassie I “Quotable Quote” Good Reads. Website accessed Aug. 20, 2018.

Sun Tzu “The Army and the March” The Art of War. translation by Lionel Giles. published 1910. (suntzusaid.com) Website accessed Aug. 20, 2018.

“I knew hell did not exist.
I knew heaven did but I always said that this was hell.
And we even had a joke,
‘If you don’t believe that this is hell,
turn on CNN (you know) or Fox News – you’ll get proof right there.
You’re in hell!'”

Smith, Tory

“If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, Infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thro’ narrow chinks of his cavern.”

Blake, William

Smith, Tory. “Part 1 Cleansing and Clearing of the Whole Galaxy is Underway”, February 3, 2015. online video accessed Apr. 25, 2015. Quote @ 29:44 via youtube.

Blake, William. “The Marriage of Heaven and Hell“. ≈1790, published 1827,  J. Whatman, 1825. London, UK. (blakearchive.org) 2017. Accessed Apr. 25, 2015.

“I hope they cannot see,
the limitless potential – living inside of me.”

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