How beautiful the leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.

Especially in the case of India and Pakistan, it's very clear that significant parts of the elites in both countries view having nuclear weapons as a ticket to prestige.

One may summon his philosophy when they are beaten in battle, not till then.

Basically [United States and France] said "We will use nuclear weapons whenever it suits our purposes to do so." So this expansion of doctrines regarding possible use of nuclear weapons makes them more, you know, sort of, salient and important and so it's increasing the perceived political value of nuclear weapons and therefore causing or contributing to possible proliferation.

It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative.

In the printed page the only real things are the paper and the ink; the white spaces play the same part in aiding the eye to take in the meaning of the print as do the black letters.

Do not despise your own place and hour. Every place is under the stars, every place is the center of the world.