The most important causes of political arrangements and acts are found in the nature and behavior of man.

States in the world are like individuals in the state of nature. They are neither perfectly good nor are they controlled by law.

In anarchy there is no automatic harmony .

Then what explains war among states? Rousseau's answer is really that war occurs because there is nothing to prevent it.

If we are to have peace, we must learn loyalty to a larger group. And before we can learn loyalty, the thing to which we are to be loyal must be created.

Once socialism replaces capitalism, reason will determine the policies of states.

Each man does seek his own interest, but, unfortunately, not according to the dictates of reason.

To build a theory of international relations on accidents of geography and history is dangerous.

The implication of game theory, which is also the implication of the third image, is, however, that the freedom of choice of any one state is limited by the actions of the others.

War may achieve a redistribution of resources, but labor, not war, creates wealth.

External pressure seems to produce internal unity.

Look yourself in the eyes in a mirror each day. You can ignore the small voice still inside you, but your reflection will always have something to say.

In this work against sickness, we begin not with genetic or cellular interactions, but with human ones. They are what make medicine so complex and fascinating.

When memories fade, can one ever really return home?

Whenever science makes a discovery, the devil grabs it while the angels are debating the best way to use it.

You can photograph anything. You can be inside, outside, doesn't matter, you're controlling the light. It gives you great flexibility. That was a primary motivation.

If I see a movie on TV that I'm in, I usually will watch it for that reason: It's like I'm watching another person.

What I think happens, and that you have to acknowledge though, is that a director uses a book as a launching pad for his own work and that's always very flattering.

I don't care at all about the mainstream; I don't care about popularity contests; I don't care about who's got the biggest-selling album; and I don't care about glossy production.

Coaching is unlocking a person's potential to maximize their own performance. It is helping them to learn rather than teaching them.

When you have something to work with, then you fly with it.